Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mike Harper

TftT NameMike Harper
Solver Typereference
Average Time29:27
SNITCH Alignment1.07

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
108 2026-02-09 29461 73 29462 81 29463 99 29464 187 29465 104
118 2026-02-02 29455 76 29456 79 29457 156 29458 144 29459 135
150 2026-01-26 29449 89 29450 123 29451 130 29452 164 29453 248
176 2026-01-19 29443 95 29445 164 29446 194 29447 252
134 2026-01-12 29437 55 29438 158 29439 101 29440 125 29441 231
97 2026-01-05 29431 66 29432 92 29433 126 29434 104
116 2025-12-29 29427 81 29428 86 29429 182

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
116 2026-02-09 29461 100 29462 112 29463 139 29464 135 29465 95
131 2026-02-02 29455 118 29456 89 29457 165 29458 145 29459 140
141 2026-01-26 29449 117 29450 135 29451 154 29452 138 29453 161
146 2026-01-19 29443 104 29445 153 29446 177 29447 150
116 2026-01-12 29437 96 29438 179 29439 93 29440 91 29441 124
107 2026-01-05 29431 82 29432 117 29433 107 29434 122
98 2025-12-29 29427 80 29428 89 29429 126

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 117 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).