Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:25
SNITCH Alignment0.89

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2017-02-27 Monday 26659 07:35
2020-10-12 Monday 27793 08:16
2022-07-20 Wednesday 28347 08:31
2021-08-16 Monday 28057 08:40
2022-12-06 Tuesday 28466 08:41
2022-05-23 Monday 28297 08:44
2022-05-11 Wednesday 28287 08:58
2022-08-02 Tuesday 28358 09:07
2023-04-03 Monday 28567 09:10
2024-06-05 Wednesday 28935 09:19

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
117 2025-10-27 29372 91 29374 149 29375 113
97 2025-10-20
99 2025-10-06 29353 75 29354 88 29356 92 29357 144
70 2025-09-29 29347 59 29349 81

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
119 2025-10-27 29372 119 29374 118 29375 121
91 2025-10-20
99 2025-10-06 29353 90 29354 101 29356 104 29357 101
117 2025-09-29 29347 120 29349 115

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 88 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Achernar. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).