Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pc8

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time18:18
SNITCH Correlation0.79

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 07:29
2024-11-04 Monday 29065 08:01
2026-01-12 Monday 29437 08:14
2025-09-09 Tuesday 29330 08:17
2024-07-29 Monday 28981 08:20
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 08:26
2025-06-23 Monday 29263 08:29
2023-12-04 Monday 28777 08:45
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 08:45
2026-03-02 Monday 29479 08:46

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
102 2026-11-02 29689 98 29690 104 29691 108 29692 98
95 2026-10-26 29684 85 29685 116 29687 84
101 2026-10-19 29677 69 29678 100 29679 92 29680 88 29681 134
111 2026-10-12 29671 77 29672 62 29673 117 29674 152 29675 151
100 2026-10-05 29665 66 29666 81 29667 131 29668 123 29669 122
100 2026-09-28 29659 78 29661 143 29662 127 29663 80

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
107 2026-11-02 29689 120 29690 119 29691 87 29692 104
100 2026-10-26 29684 107 29685 120 29687 74
98 2026-10-19 29677 102 29678 117 29679 115 29680 86 29681 78
107 2026-10-12 29671 100 29672 77 29673 128 29674 140 29675 90
97 2026-10-05 29665 91 29666 101 29667 122 29668 106 29669 78
108 2026-09-28 29659 101 29661 160 29662 96 29663 91

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 121 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for pc8. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).