Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mike Harper

TftT NameMike Harper
Solver Typereference
Average Time28:48
SNITCH Correlation0.76

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
97 2026-08-10 29617 84 29618 56 29619 82 29620 103 29621 162
105 2026-08-03 29611 55 29612 95 29613 55 29614 172 29615 150
85 2026-07-27 29605 63 29606 113 29607 103 29608 83 29609 63
127 2026-07-20 29602 108 29603 146
115 2026-07-13 29593 93 29594 93 29595 85 29596 80 29597 227
57 2026-07-06 29587 42 29588 73
72 2026-06-29 29581 49 29582 86 29583 82 29584 73

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2026-08-10 29617 113 29618 94 29619 110 29620 96 29621 148
110 2026-08-03 29611 91 29612 126 29613 79 29614 148 29615 107
101 2026-07-27 29605 100 29606 144 29607 111 29608 84 29609 67
102 2026-07-20 29602 91 29603 114
112 2026-07-13 29593 113 29594 83 29595 101 29596 88 29597 177
92 2026-07-06 29587 84 29588 100
82 2026-06-29 29581 79 29582 94 29583 93 29584 65

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 115 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).