Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: James P

TftT NameSpecial_bitter
Solver Typereference
Average Time21:32
SNITCH Correlation0.84

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 07:02
2024-01-08 Monday 28807 07:06
2025-02-10 Monday 29149 07:58
2023-03-27 Monday 28561 07:59
2024-05-14 Tuesday 28916 08:12
2022-05-11 Wednesday 28287 08:19
2020-09-23 Wednesday 27777 08:39
2024-06-03 Monday 28933 08:41
2023-08-09 Wednesday 28677 08:46
2024-05-02 Thursday 28906 08:54

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2026-09-28 29660 92 29662 157 29663 88
108 2026-09-21 29653 46 29654 96 29655 86 29656 112 29657 253
90 2026-09-14 29649 72 29650 107 29651 93
131 2026-09-07 29643 156
73 2026-08-31 29635 74 29636 58 29637 85 29639 78

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
107 2026-09-28 29660 102 29662 118 29663 101
97 2026-09-21 29653 76 29654 94 29655 95 29656 106 29657 141
101 2026-09-14 29649 91 29650 107 29651 106
121 2026-09-07 29643 143
82 2026-08-31 29635 105 29636 72 29637 86 29639 65

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 81 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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