Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mike Harper

TftT NameMike Harper
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:04
SNITCH Alignment1.13

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2019-08-27 Tuesday 27440 03:14
2019-09-02 Monday 27445 03:28
2018-12-03 Monday 27211 03:36
2019-09-30 Monday 27469 03:42
2019-09-16 Monday 27457 04:10
2019-07-08 Monday 27397 04:17
2019-04-29 Monday 27337 04:32
2019-04-24 Wednesday 27333 05:08
2019-05-28 Tuesday 27362 05:25
2019-07-01 Monday 27391 05:34

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2025-10-06 29353 93 29354 142 29355 98
94 2025-09-29 29347 35 29348 89 29349 73 29350 100 29351 176
99 2025-09-22 29341 76 29342 60 29343 111 29344 107 29345 144
95 2025-09-15 29335 78 29336 93 29337 62 29338 125 29339 117
121 2025-09-08 29329 97 29330 110 29331 113 29332 166
88 2025-09-01 29323 81 29324 99 29325 48 29327 126

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
132 2025-10-06 29353 112 29354 163 29355 122
102 2025-09-29 29347 71 29348 123 29349 104 29350 94 29351 121
111 2025-09-22 29341 97 29342 92 29343 116 29344 128 29345 123
101 2025-09-15 29335 113 29336 93 29337 89 29338 113 29339 99
134 2025-09-08 29329 122 29330 126 29331 126 29332 162
106 2025-09-01 29323 124 29324 112 29325 61 29327 129

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 118 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Mike Harper. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).