Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword

Name: Zander

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time18:45
SNITCH Correlation0.74

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 06:12
2022-05-23 Monday 28297 06:15
2023-05-01 Monday 28591 06:37
2022-07-25 Monday 28351 06:55
2024-07-01 Monday 28957 07:05
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 07:10
2021-01-14 Thursday 27874 07:12
2021-11-15 Monday 28135 07:18
2022-05-09 Monday 28285 07:25
2023-08-14 Monday 28681 07:28

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
81 2026-10-12 29671 83 29672 80
110 2026-10-05 29667 131 29668 100 29669 101
94 2026-09-28 29659 85 29660 105 29661 86 29662 102 29663 90
117 2026-09-21 29653 84 29654 147 29656 93 29657 232
93 2026-09-14 29647 93 29648 102 29650 98 29651 80
94 2026-09-07 29641 106 29643 118 29645 92
96 2026-08-31 29635 88 29636 74 29637 121 29638 135 29639 91

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-10-12 29671 107 29672 100
90 2026-10-05 29667 122 29668 86 29669 64
97 2026-09-28 29659 110 29660 116 29661 96 29662 77 29663 103
109 2026-09-21 29653 140 29654 144 29656 88 29657 129
103 2026-09-14 29647 106 29648 117 29650 98 29651 91
87 2026-09-07 29641 104 29643 108 29645 68
99 2026-08-31 29635 125 29636 92 29637 123 29638 128 29639 76

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 110 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Zander. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).