Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:20
SNITCH Alignment0.69

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
71 2025-10-20 29365 55 29366 67 29367 91
110 2025-10-13 29363 110
78 2025-10-06 29353 64 29354 92
103 2025-09-29 29348 82 29349 100 29350 109 29351 124
92 2025-09-15 29335 79 29336 83 29338 104 29339 102
109 2025-09-08 29329 74 29330 80 29332 97 29333 186

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
82 2025-10-20 29365 76 29366 72 29367 100
112 2025-10-13 29363 112
91 2025-10-06 29353 77 29354 105
110 2025-09-29 29348 113 29349 142 29350 102 29351 85
94 2025-09-15 29335 114 29336 83 29338 94 29339 86
94 2025-09-08 29329 93 29330 91 29332 95 29333 100

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 60 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).