Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pc8

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time18:24
SNITCH Correlation0.78

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
62 2026-08-17 29623 62
97 2026-08-10 29618 59 29619 103 29620 116 29621 112
87 2026-08-03 29611 52 29613 55 29614 112 29615 132
88 2026-07-27 29605 67 29606 85 29607 78 29608 133 29609 78
105 2026-07-20 29599 93 29600 66 29601 83 29602 151 29603 136
89 2026-07-13 29594 113 29596 83 29597 101
97 2026-07-06 29587 44 29588 71 29589 141 29590 117 29591 89
107 2026-06-29 29581 52 29582 89 29583 87 29584 123 29585 187

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
101 2026-08-17 29623 101
112 2026-08-10 29618 100 29619 139 29620 108 29621 103
88 2026-08-03 29611 86 29613 79 29614 96 29615 94
99 2026-07-27 29605 106 29606 108 29607 84 29608 135 29609 83
107 2026-07-20 29599 130 29600 75 29601 100 29602 127 29603 107
85 2026-07-13 29594 100 29596 92 29597 78
95 2026-07-06 29587 88 29588 97 29589 95 29590 100 29591 73
102 2026-06-29 29581 83 29582 97 29583 98 29584 110 29585 123

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 124 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).