Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time26:39
SNITCH Correlation0.81

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
107 2026-10-26 29685 122 29686 103 29687 96
120 2026-10-19 29679 74 29681 166
108 2026-10-12 29671 84 29672 83 29673 106 29674 128 29675 141
113 2026-10-05 29665 75 29667 93 29668 148 29669 138
97 2026-09-28 29661 81 29662 129 29663 81

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
108 2026-10-26 29685 127 29686 115 29687 84
94 2026-10-19 29679 92 29681 97
106 2026-10-12 29671 109 29672 103 29673 116 29674 118 29675 84
101 2026-10-05 29665 104 29667 86 29668 127 29669 88
93 2026-09-28 29661 91 29662 97 29663 93

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).