Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: tapbarker

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:22
SNITCH Correlation0.81

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
102 2026-07-06 29587 43 29588 77 29589 187
110 2026-06-29 29581 67 29583 114 29584 113 29585 146
86 2026-06-22 29575 53 29577 108 29578 106 29579 118
116 2026-06-15 29569 45 29572 122 29573 111
103 2026-06-08 29564 74 29566 133
85 2026-06-01 29557 66 29558 98 29559 103 29560 81 29561 70

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2026-07-06 29587 86 29588 105 29589 125
108 2026-06-29 29581 108 29583 129 29584 101 29585 96
98 2026-06-22 29575 85 29577 112 29578 119 29579 110
103 2026-06-15 29569 83 29572 117 29573 109
121 2026-06-08 29564 105 29566 138
100 2026-06-01 29557 110 29558 122 29559 118 29560 78 29561 92

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 100 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).