Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Deane Short

TftT NameDeane Short
Solver Typereference
Average Time10:49
SNITCH Alignment1.28

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 03:57
2024-12-17 Tuesday 29102 04:45
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 05:00
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 05:02
2024-04-22 Monday 28897 05:08
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 05:09
2024-12-16 Monday 29101 05:13
2023-03-28 Tuesday 28562 05:22
2024-04-29 Monday 28903 05:29
2022-07-25 Monday 28351 05:36

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
71 2025-10-27 29371 55 29375 87
97 2025-10-20 29366 104
94 2025-10-13 29359 58 29360 115 29363 107
92 2025-10-06 29353 69 29354 90 29355 96 29356 69
97 2025-09-29 29347 35 29348 79

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2025-10-27 29371 85 29375 93
104 2025-10-20 29366 113
115 2025-10-13 29359 85 29360 127 29363 109
101 2025-10-06 29353 83 29354 103 29355 118 29356 78
100 2025-09-29 29347 71 29348 109

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 112 correct entries

Monthly average times

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