Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time26:25
SNITCH Alignment0.75

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
71 2026-06-01 29557 50 29558 92 29559 71
101 2026-05-25 29552 77 29553 101 29554 112 29555 117
103 2026-05-18 29546 93 29547 85 29548 100 29549 115
95 2026-05-11 29539 59 29541 78 29542 129 29543 114
86 2026-05-04 29534 82 29535 92 29536 75 29537 96
83 2026-04-27 29527 69 29528 78 29529 69 29530 71 29531 129

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
93 2026-06-01 29557 83 29558 115 29559 81
120 2026-05-25 29552 114 29553 127 29554 128 29555 114
102 2026-05-18 29546 116 29547 92 29548 87 29549 79
107 2026-05-11 29539 113 29541 86 29542 132 29543 99
104 2026-05-04 29534 120 29535 119 29536 91 29537 89
100 2026-04-27 29527 118 29528 113 29529 97 29530 74 29531 101

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 80 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).