Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mike Harper

TftT NameMike Harper
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:07
SNITCH Alignment0.97

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
81 2025-12-29 29427 81
122 2025-12-22 29420 103 29421 88 29422 176
102 2025-12-15 29413 80 29414 81 29415 123 29416 127
94 2025-12-08 29407 89 29408 111 29409 55 29410 92 29411 126
87 2025-12-01 29401 60 29402 88 29403 69 29404 134

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
80 2025-12-29 29427 80
142 2025-12-22 29420 132 29421 129 29422 167
112 2025-12-15 29413 117 29414 112 29415 108 29416 112
95 2025-12-08 29407 101 29408 90 29409 75 29410 109 29411 104
106 2025-12-01 29401 89 29402 131 29403 100 29404 107

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 101 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).