Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: John Arnold

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time21:28
SNITCH Correlation0.52

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2017-02-17 Friday 26651 04:14
2021-08-13 Friday 28055 05:36
2020-06-29 Monday 27703 06:09
2017-10-26 Thursday 26866 07:41
2021-03-01 Monday 27913 07:51
2017-07-31 Monday 26791 07:59
2023-01-03 Tuesday 28490 08:47
2022-05-17 Tuesday 28292 08:50
2022-09-13 Tuesday 28394 08:54
2023-02-13 Monday 28525 08:58

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2026-09-07 29642 82 29644 112
111 2026-08-31 29635 103 29636 119
85 2026-08-24 29629 84 29630 79 29631 92
94 2026-08-17 29624 67 29625 121
104 2026-08-10 29617 81 29619 62 29620 136 29621 137
99 2026-08-03 29611 63 29612 126 29613 110

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2026-09-07 29642 82 29644 141
147 2026-08-31 29635 147 29636 148
430 2026-08-24 29629 144 29630 125 29631 1022
106 2026-08-17 29624 85 29625 127
111 2026-08-10 29617 109 29619 83 29620 127 29621 126
144 2026-08-03 29611 105 29612 168 29613 159

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 59 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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