Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time26:43
SNITCH Alignment0.73

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
81 2025-08-18 29311 55 29313 77 29314 91 29315 102
133 2025-08-11 29307 121 29308 122 29309 158
98 2025-08-04 29299 93 29303 128
101 2025-07-28 29296 111 29297 92
144 2025-07-21 29290 144
110 2025-06-30 29273 110

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2025-08-18 29311 83 29313 100 29314 81 29315 93
95 2025-08-11 29307 91 29308 100 29309 94
84 2025-08-04 29299 91 29303 86
95 2025-07-28 29296 112 29297 78
79 2025-07-21 29290 79
80 2025-06-30 29273 80

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 46 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).