Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: tapbarker

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:04
SNITCH Alignment1.16

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
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
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 06:48

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2025-08-11 29305 66 29306 106 29307 145
115 2025-08-04 29299 102 29300 82 29301 64 29302 140 29303 189
110 2025-07-28 29293 68 29296 108 29297 155
72 2025-07-21 29287 72
113 2025-07-14 29281 127 29282 72 29283 96 29285 143
121 2025-07-07 29275 72 29276 80 29278 95 29279 239
95 2025-06-30 29269 76 29272 117 29273 93

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2025-08-11 29305 115 29306 110 29307 111
118 2025-08-04 29299 100 29300 102 29301 104 29302 159 29303 127
111 2025-07-28 29293 94 29296 109 29297 132
105 2025-07-21 29287 105
102 2025-07-14 29281 144 29282 72 29283 87 29285 113
108 2025-07-07 29275 94 29276 114 29278 89 29279 137
96 2025-06-30 29269 111 29272 110 29273 67

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 132 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).