Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time25:55
SNITCH Correlation0.75

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
77 2026-08-10 29618 71 29619 84
97 2026-08-03 29611 58 29614 100 29615 134
94 2026-07-27 29605 77 29606 105 29607 122 29609 64
97 2026-07-20 29599 79 29600 92 29601 102 29602 89 29603 124
117 2026-07-13 29593 97 29594 123 29595 113 29596 89 29597 166
118 2026-07-06 29588 83 29589 157 29590 93 29591 139
100 2026-06-29 29581 56 29582 95 29585 149

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
116 2026-08-10 29618 120 29619 112
92 2026-08-03 29611 96 29614 86 29615 96
109 2026-07-27 29605 122 29606 134 29607 132 29609 68
102 2026-07-20 29599 111 29600 105 29601 122 29602 75 29603 97
117 2026-07-13 29593 118 29594 109 29595 134 29596 98 29597 129
103 2026-07-06 29588 113 29589 106 29590 80 29591 114
97 2026-06-29 29581 90 29582 104 29585 98

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 101 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).