Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mike Harper

TftT NameMike Harper
Solver Typereference
Average Time26:43
SNITCH Alignment1.15

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
127 2025-07-28 29293 69 29294 154 29296 168 29297 120
107 2025-07-21 29287 69 29289 59 29290 193
104 2025-07-14 29282 112 29284 96 29285 105
65 2025-07-07 29275 76 29276 62 29277 59
83 2025-06-30 29269 50 29270 71 29271 115 29272 96 29273 87

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
118 2025-07-28 29293 95 29294 106 29296 169 29297 102
97 2025-07-21 29287 101 29289 85 29290 106
97 2025-07-14 29282 112 29284 96 29285 83
89 2025-07-07 29275 100 29276 88 29277 80
94 2025-06-30 29269 73 29270 109 29271 136 29272 90 29273 63

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 107 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).