Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: tapbarker

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:46
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
59 2026-08-17 29623 59
102 2026-08-10 29617 91 29618 64 29619 132 29620 123 29621 104
97 2026-08-03 29611 47 29612 76 29613 69 29614 96 29615 179
82 2026-07-27 29605 47 29606 51 29608 87 29609 106
94 2026-07-20 29599 80 29602 135 29603 94
83 2026-07-13 29593 69 29594 102 29595 91 29596 73 29597 90
95 2026-07-06 29587 43 29588 77 29589 187 29590 75 29591 119
110 2026-06-29 29581 67 29583 114 29584 113 29585 146

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
96 2026-08-17 29623 96
123 2026-08-10 29617 122 29618 108 29619 178 29620 114 29621 96
96 2026-08-03 29611 78 29612 101 29613 100 29614 82 29615 128
88 2026-07-27 29605 74 29606 65 29608 88 29609 113
92 2026-07-20 29599 112 29602 114 29603 74
87 2026-07-13 29593 84 29594 91 29595 108 29596 81 29597 70
91 2026-07-06 29587 86 29588 105 29589 126 29590 64 29591 98
111 2026-06-29 29581 108 29583 129 29584 101 29585 96

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 110 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).