Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mike Harper

TftT NameMike Harper
Solver Typereference
Average Time30:30
SNITCH Correlation0.78

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
93 2026-07-13 29593 93 29594 93
57 2026-07-06 29587 42 29588 73
72 2026-06-29 29581 49 29582 86 29583 82 29584 73
89 2026-06-22 29575 105 29576 65 29577 104 29578 85
101 2026-06-15 29569 41 29570 89 29571 87 29572 126 29573 166
86 2026-06-08 29563 41 29564 59 29565 103 29566 162 29567 95
77 2026-06-01 29557 110 29558 75 29559 64 29560 77 29561 61

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
98 2026-07-13 29593 113 29594 83
92 2026-07-06 29587 84 29588 100
82 2026-06-29 29581 79 29582 94 29583 93 29584 65
118 2026-06-22 29575 169 29576 103 29577 108 29578 95
115 2026-06-15 29569 75 29570 120 29571 95 29572 121 29573 164
101 2026-06-08 29563 85 29564 84 29565 114 29566 168 29567 87
100 2026-06-01 29557 183 29558 93 29559 73 29560 74 29561 80

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 116 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).