Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: MichaelE

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time43:00
SNITCH Correlation0.75

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2019-02-18 Monday 27277 05:48
2019-01-23 Wednesday 27255 06:03
2026-01-08 Thursday 29434 06:46
2025-09-22 Monday 29341 06:51
2021-08-09 Monday 28051 14:57
2022-01-04 Tuesday 28178 15:02
2020-03-10 Tuesday 27608 15:08
2025-08-11 Monday 29305 15:17
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 17:04
2025-11-05 Wednesday 29379 17:26

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
54 2026-10-05 29665 54
105 2026-09-28 29659 119 29660 123 29662 109 29663 71
109 2026-09-21 29653 44 29654 110 29656 107 29657 178
105 2026-09-14 29647 106 29649 155 29650 94 29651 66
108 2026-09-07 29641 80 29643 92 29645 154
107 2026-08-31 29636 91 29637 120 29639 112

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
73 2026-10-05 29665 73
113 2026-09-28 29659 154 29660 136 29662 82 29663 81
95 2026-09-21 29653 73 29654 107 29656 101 29657 99
121 2026-09-14 29647 121 29649 196 29650 94 29651 75
92 2026-09-07 29641 79 29643 84 29645 114
109 2026-08-31 29636 113 29637 122 29639 94

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 94 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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