Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mike Harper

TftT NameMike Harper
Solver Typereference
Average Time28:25
SNITCH Correlation0.7

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
99 2026-11-09 29695 114 29696 111 29697 72
90 2026-11-02 29689 45 29690 95 29691 111 29692 95 29693 106
93 2026-10-26 29684 100 29685 101 29686 99 29687 72
103 2026-10-19 29677 71 29678 106 29680 134
92 2026-10-12 29671 97 29672 68 29673 51 29675 154
99 2026-10-05 29665 70 29666 65 29667 97 29668 118 29669 147
91 2026-09-28 29660 59 29661 64 29662 173 29663 70

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2026-11-09 29695 116 29696 96 29697 66
93 2026-11-02 29689 55 29690 109 29691 89 29692 101 29693 113
101 2026-10-26 29684 126 29685 105 29686 111 29687 63
120 2026-10-19 29677 105 29678 124 29680 131
89 2026-10-12 29671 125 29672 85 29673 56 29675 92
92 2026-10-05 29665 97 29666 81 29667 90 29668 101 29669 94
86 2026-09-28 29660 65 29661 71 29662 131 29663 80

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 118 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).