Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: SlumdogEngineer

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time25:20
SNITCH Correlation0.8

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-05-03 Saturday 29220 06:17
2026-08-11 Tuesday 29618 08:41
2026-09-21 Monday 29653 08:59
2020-01-21 Tuesday 27566 09:31
2023-03-13 Monday 28549 09:54
2024-12-11 Wednesday 29097 10:12
2024-04-30 Tuesday 28904 10:21
2025-01-18 Saturday 29130 10:32
2024-08-26 Monday 29005 10:38
2022-05-23 Monday 28297 11:02

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
68 2026-09-28 29660 88
64 2026-09-21 29653 33 29655 95
100 2026-09-14 29647 100
101 2026-09-07 29641 101

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
79 2026-09-28 29660 97
80 2026-09-21 29653 55 29655 105
114 2026-09-14 29647 114
100 2026-09-07 29641 100

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 27 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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