Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: tapbarker

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:11
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
103 2026-11-02 29689 82 29690 97 29691 141 29692 85 29693 111
112 2026-10-26 29683 46 29684 114 29685 143 29686 142 29687 117
92 2026-10-19 29677 55 29679 77 29680 118
118 2026-10-12 29672 79 29675 160
104 2026-10-05 29665 80 29666 113 29667 116 29669 126
96 2026-09-28 29659 65 29660 93 29662 132 29663 66

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
107 2026-11-02 29689 101 29690 111 29691 113 29692 90 29693 120
126 2026-10-26 29683 77 29684 144 29685 148 29686 159 29687 103
94 2026-10-19 29677 82 29679 96 29680 115
107 2026-10-12 29672 98 29675 96
108 2026-10-05 29665 111 29666 141 29667 108 29669 80
93 2026-09-28 29659 84 29660 103 29662 100 29663 75

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).