Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:51
SNITCH Alignment1.24

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-08-11 Monday 29305 06:07
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
68 2025-09-01 29323 60 29324 67 29325 72 29327 77
79 2025-08-25 29317 65 29318 55 29319 86 29320 112
139 2025-08-18 29313 64 29314 242 29315 111
125 2025-08-11 29305 39 29308 211
123 2025-08-04 29299 152 29300 71 29301 64 29302 108 29303 176
108 2025-07-28 29293 60 29294 137

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
87 2025-09-01 29323 92 29324 76 29325 92 29327 79
99 2025-08-25 29317 101 29318 80 29319 102 29320 113
133 2025-08-18 29313 83 29314 216 29315 100
121 2025-08-11 29305 68 29308 174
112 2025-08-04 29299 149 29300 88 29301 104 29302 122 29303 118
92 2025-07-28 29293 83 29294 94

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 119 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).