Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time24:19
SNITCH Alignment0.86

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 2025-06-02 29249 109
102 2025-05-26 29241 115 29242 91 29243 101
92 2025-05-19 29236 92
91 2025-05-05 29223 80 29225 103
94 2025-04-28 29216 84 29218 110

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2025-06-02 29249 89
100 2025-05-26 29241 129 29242 91 29243 80
98 2025-05-19 29236 98
84 2025-05-05 29223 93 29225 75
85 2025-04-28 29216 80 29218 94

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 32 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).