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 Correlation0.79

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
119 2026-10-12 29672 79 29675 160
108 2026-10-05 29665 80 29666 113 29667 116 29669 126
96 2026-09-28 29659 65 29660 93 29662 132 29663 66
98 2026-09-21 29653 61 29654 94 29657 159
71 2026-09-14 29647 73 29648 67 29651 73
126 2026-09-07 29641 97 29642 166 29643 157 29645 157
113 2026-08-31 29635 79 29636 96 29637 97 29638 114 29639 148

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2026-10-12 29672 98 29675 96
110 2026-10-05 29665 111 29666 141 29667 108 29669 80
93 2026-09-28 29659 84 29660 103 29662 100 29663 75
90 2026-09-21 29653 101 29654 92 29657 88
81 2026-09-14 29647 83 29648 77 29651 83
117 2026-09-07 29641 96 29642 166 29643 144 29645 116
113 2026-08-31 29635 112 29636 120 29637 98 29638 108 29639 124

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 111 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).