Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time26:16
SNITCH Correlation0.78

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
2026-01-12 Monday 29437 11:57

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
128 2026-08-24 29631 95 29632 108 29633 181
143 2026-08-17 29626 127 29627 159
99 2026-08-10 29618 71 29619 84 29621 144
97 2026-08-03 29611 58 29614 100 29615 134

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
425 2026-08-24 29631 1055 29632 97 29633 123
109 2026-08-17 29626 110 29627 108
122 2026-08-10 29618 120 29619 113 29621 133
92 2026-08-03 29611 96 29614 86 29615 96

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 100 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).