Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mike Harper

TftT NameMike Harper
Solver Typereference
Average Time30:31
SNITCH Alignment1.2

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
92 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
74 2026-05-25 29551 59 29552 80 29555 84
91 2026-05-18 29545 76 29546 53 29547 99 29549 138
123 2026-05-11 29540 101 29541 110 29543 160
64 2026-05-04 29533 48 29534 70 29535 74
68 2026-04-27 29527 47 29528 73 29529 76 29530 77

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
107 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
98 2026-05-25 29551 95 29552 119 29555 82
94 2026-05-18 29545 111 29546 66 29547 107 29549 95
126 2026-05-11 29540 117 29541 122 29543 139
98 2026-05-04 29533 97 29534 102 29535 96
93 2026-04-27 29527 81 29528 105 29529 107 29530 81

Alignment 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).