Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:02
SNITCH Alignment0.67

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2022-12-06 Tuesday 28466 10:24
2022-10-27 Thursday 28432 10:39
2021-11-15 Monday 28135 10:47
2022-05-09 Monday 28285 11:08
2022-10-17 Monday 28423 11:10
2022-12-05 Monday 28465 11:35
2021-02-01 Monday 27889 11:37
2021-09-06 Monday 28075 11:47
2022-07-27 Wednesday 28353 11:49
2018-03-13 Tuesday 26984 12:01

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
109 2025-09-08 29329 74 29330 80 29332 97 29333 186
143 2025-08-25 29321 143
81 2025-08-18 29311 55 29313 77 29314 91 29315 102
133 2025-08-11 29307 121 29308 122 29309 158
98 2025-08-04 29299 93 29303 128
101 2025-07-28 29296 111 29297 92

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
95 2025-09-08 29329 93 29330 91 29332 95 29333 101
71 2025-08-25 29321 71
89 2025-08-18 29311 83 29313 100 29314 81 29315 92
95 2025-08-11 29307 91 29308 100 29309 94
84 2025-08-04 29299 91 29303 86
95 2025-07-28 29296 112 29297 78

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 48 correct entries

Monthly average times

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