Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mike Harper

TftT NameMike Harper
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:06
SNITCH Alignment1.06

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 2025-11-24 29396 83 29397 157 29398 117 29399 152
106 2025-11-17 29389 67 29390 145
111 2025-11-10 29383 128 29384 90 29385 163 29387 64
84 2025-11-03 29377 112 29378 85 29379 55

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2025-11-24 29396 107 29397 140 29398 95 29399 82
128 2025-11-17 29389 100 29390 157
111 2025-11-10 29383 137 29384 125 29385 118 29387 67
100 2025-11-03 29377 109 29378 116 29379 77

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 102 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).