Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: tapbarker

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time18:01
SNITCH Alignment1.09

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-03-18 Monday 28867 05:38
2024-07-01 Monday 28957 05:58
2022-12-06 Tuesday 28466 05:59
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 06:19
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 06:20
2021-11-15 Monday 28135 06:28
2022-12-26 Monday 28483 06:32
2021-09-06 Monday 28075 06:42
2022-08-15 Monday 28369 06:45
2023-12-28 Thursday 28798 06:48

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
61 2026-03-23 29497 54 29498 69
122 2026-03-16 29492 86 29494 106 29495 176
99 2026-03-09 29485 77 29486 109 29487 59 29488 137 29489 69
83 2026-03-02 29480 75 29482 113
94 2026-02-23 29473 83 29474 150 29475 69 29477 141
98 2026-02-16 29467 71 29468 85 29470 99 29471 170
102 2026-02-09 29461 86 29462 77 29465 143
74 2026-02-02 29455 55 29456 86 29458 87 29459 70

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
82 2026-03-23 29497 72 29498 93
110 2026-03-16 29492 111 29494 83 29495 136
96 2026-03-09 29485 85 29486 112 29487 98 29488 93 29489 79
96 2026-03-02 29480 90 29482 120
98 2026-02-23 29473 100 29474 118 29475 90 29477 102
103 2026-02-16 29467 107 29468 102 29470 83 29471 140
118 2026-02-09 29461 117 29462 106 29465 131
85 2026-02-02 29455 85 29456 97 29458 87 29459 72

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 119 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for tapbarker. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).