Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mike Harper

TftT NameMike Harper
Solver Typereference
Average Time30:42
SNITCH Alignment1.11

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
75 2026-03-30 29503 76 29504 76 29505 49 29506 64 29507 112
71 2026-03-23 29497 68 29498 65 29499 48 29500 103
97 2026-03-16 29491 58 29492 112 29493 88 29494 131
107 2026-03-09 29485 94 29488 121
92 2026-03-02 29479 36 29480 109 29481 94 29482 87 29483 138

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2026-03-30 29503 116 29504 111 29505 65 29506 94 29507 117
88 2026-03-23 29497 90 29498 91 29499 71 29500 100
111 2026-03-16 29491 89 29492 145 29493 107 29494 103
93 2026-03-09 29485 104 29488 82
101 2026-03-02 29479 62 29480 131 29481 109 29482 92 29483 115

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 106 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).