Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:50
SNITCH Alignment1.04

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2022-12-06 Tuesday 28466 06:25
2020-09-23 Wednesday 27777 06:29
2017-06-19 Monday 26755 06:32
2015-11-30 Monday 26269 06:34
2024-02-13 Tuesday 28838 06:39
2022-06-13 Monday 28315 06:49
2021-04-12 Monday 27949 06:57
2021-09-21 Tuesday 28088 07:03
2022-05-17 Tuesday 28292 07:08
2022-05-30 Monday 28303 07:16

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
109 2025-06-02 29245 73 29246 71 29247 144 29249 149
102 2025-05-26 29239 56 29240 85 29242 109 29243 162
92 2025-05-19 29233 69 29234 72
120 2025-05-12 29227 132 29228 88 29231 147
80 2025-05-05 29223 73 29224 114
110 2025-04-28 29215 83 29216 115 29217 117 29218 116 29219 121

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
122 2025-06-02 29245 128 29246 95 29247 144 29249 122
105 2025-05-26 29239 86 29240 102 29242 110 29243 129
104 2025-05-19 29233 102 29234 87
123 2025-05-12 29227 151 29228 122 29231 122
98 2025-05-05 29223 84 29224 129
119 2025-04-28 29215 120 29216 109 29217 167 29218 100 29219 100

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 86 correct entries

Monthly average times

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