Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: tapbarker

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:41
SNITCH Correlation0.8

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
97 2026-09-07 29641 97
106 2026-08-31 29635 79 29636 96 29637 97 29638 114 29639 148
103 2026-08-24 29629 63 29632 123 29633 158
105 2026-08-17 29623 59 29624 98 29626 85 29627 156
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
98 2026-09-07 29641 98
112 2026-08-31 29635 112 29636 120 29637 98 29638 108 29639 124
100 2026-08-24 29629 108 29632 110 29633 108
103 2026-08-17 29623 98 29624 125 29626 73 29627 106
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

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 107 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).