Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: March (JeffCollins)

TftT Namemch1
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:11
SNITCH Correlation0.82

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-02-13 Monday 28525 05:34
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 05:40
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 06:03
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 06:06
2021-11-15 Monday 28135 06:28
2022-10-04 Tuesday 28412 06:31
2025-06-23 Monday 29263 06:33
2022-06-13 Monday 28315 06:35
2021-02-22 Monday 27907 06:37
2022-08-22 Monday 28375 06:41

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2026-10-19 29677 59 29678 95 29679 78 29680 111 29681 214
106 2026-10-12 29671 65 29672 80 29673 72 29674 119 29675 198
125 2026-10-05 29666 103 29667 107 29668 119 29669 171
106 2026-09-28 29659 95 29660 97 29661 114 29662 136 29663 89
96 2026-09-21 29653 49 29654 129 29656 111
80 2026-09-14 29648 103 29649 68 29651 86
95 2026-09-07 29641 116 29642 89 29644 66 29645 112
103 2026-08-31 29635 69 29636 123 29637 98 29639 139

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2026-10-19 29677 88 29678 111 29679 97 29680 108 29681 116
98 2026-10-12 29671 84 29672 100 29673 79 29674 110 29675 119
109 2026-10-05 29666 128 29667 100 29668 102 29669 109
112 2026-09-28 29659 123 29660 107 29661 128 29662 103 29663 102
103 2026-09-21 29653 81 29654 126 29656 105
97 2026-09-14 29648 118 29649 86 29651 98
96 2026-09-07 29641 114 29642 89 29644 84 29645 82
114 2026-08-31 29635 98 29636 153 29637 100 29639 116

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 113 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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