Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time28:11
SNITCH Alignment0.63

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
79 2025-12-08 29408 93 29409 65
132 2025-12-01 29404 132 29405 133
117 2025-11-24 29397 119 29398 115
146 2025-11-17 29391 170 29392 104 29393 166
93 2025-11-10 29383 105 29384 72 29386 104
85 2025-11-03 29377 97 29379 74

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
82 2025-12-08 29408 75 29409 89
98 2025-12-01 29404 105 29405 91
100 2025-11-24 29397 106 29398 94
89 2025-11-17 29391 100 29392 100 29393 68
102 2025-11-10 29383 112 29384 100 29386 96
99 2025-11-03 29377 95 29379 104

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 58 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).