Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: James P

TftT NameSpecial_bitter
Solver Typereference
Average Time22:38
SNITCH Correlation0.86

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
156 2026-06-29 29584 133 29585 180
54 2026-06-22 29575 64
88 2026-06-15 29570 60 29571 81 29572 123 29573 91
89 2026-06-08 29563 46 29564 82 29565 76 29567 152
72 2026-06-01 29557 51 29558 71 29560 89 29561 80

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
119 2026-06-29 29584 119 29585 119
90 2026-06-22 29575 103
94 2026-06-15 29570 81 29571 89 29572 118 29573 90
109 2026-06-08 29563 95 29564 117 29565 84 29567 140
91 2026-06-01 29557 85 29558 88 29560 86 29561 105

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 85 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).