Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Bacon

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:17
SNITCH Alignment1.84

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-03-07 Tuesday 28544 07:34
2025-08-11 Monday 29305 07:34
2024-01-29 Monday 28825 08:10
2024-02-13 Tuesday 28838 08:23
2024-04-29 Monday 28903 08:45
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 08:49
2025-02-03 Monday 29143 08:50
2023-12-19 Tuesday 28790 08:57
2022-05-23 Monday 28297 08:58
2024-07-29 Monday 28981 08:58

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
99 2026-02-09 29461 92 29462 104 29463 101
99 2026-02-02 29456 99
86 2026-01-26 29449 86
93 2026-01-12
112 2026-01-05 29431 112

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
137 2026-02-09 29461 126 29462 144 29463 142
112 2026-02-02 29456 112
113 2026-01-26 29449 113
117 2026-01-12
140 2026-01-05 29431 140

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 30 correct entries

Monthly average times

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