Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Bacon

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:02
SNITCH Alignment0.83

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-08-11 Monday 29305 07:34
2023-03-07 Tuesday 28544 07:34
2024-01-29 Monday 28825 08:10
2024-02-13 Tuesday 28838 08:23
2024-04-29 Monday 28903 08:45
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
2024-10-17 Thursday 29050 09:07

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
113 2025-09-15 29335 113
74 2025-09-01 29323 74
108 2025-08-25 29319 108
74 2025-08-18 29311 74
57 2025-08-11 29305 57

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
163 2025-09-15 29335 163
113 2025-09-01 29323 113
128 2025-08-25 29319 128
112 2025-08-18 29311 112
100 2025-08-11 29305 100

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 35 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).