Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time25:32
SNITCH Correlation0.73

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
2026-01-12 Monday 29437 11:57

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2026-06-29 29581 56 29582 95 29585 149
95 2026-06-22 29575 87 29576 76 29577 116 29578 105 29579 95
91 2026-06-15 29569 51 29570 88 29571 75 29572 153
80 2026-06-08 29563 51 29564 62 29565 90 29566 94 29567 105
71 2026-06-01 29557 50 29558 92 29559 71

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2026-06-29 29581 90 29582 104 29585 98
117 2026-06-22 29575 140 29576 120 29577 120 29578 117 29579 88
110 2026-06-15 29569 94 29570 118 29571 82 29572 147
97 2026-06-08 29563 106 29564 88 29565 100 29566 97 29567 97
93 2026-06-01 29557 83 29558 115 29559 81

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 85 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).