Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mike Harper

TftT NameMike Harper
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:04
SNITCH Alignment1.22

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
65 2025-07-07 29275 76 29276 62 29277 59
83 2025-06-30 29269 50 29270 71 29271 115 29272 96 29273 87
137 2025-06-23 29263 63 29264 96 29265 141 29266 125 29267 261
93 2025-06-16 29257 50 29258 79 29259 94 29260 128 29261 115
50 2025-06-09 29251 33 29252 65 29253 42 29254 63
106 2025-06-02 29245 44 29246 95 29247 119 29249 169

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2025-07-07 29275 100 29276 88 29277 80
94 2025-06-30 29269 73 29270 109 29271 136 29272 90 29273 63
115 2025-06-23 29263 100 29264 105 29265 141 29266 103 29267 130
84 2025-06-16 29257 61 29258 95 29259 76 29260 114 29261 77
66 2025-06-09 29251 53 29252 92 29253 59 29254 62
115 2025-06-02 29245 77 29246 128 29247 119 29249 138

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 115 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).