Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: The Real Steve Snackman

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time32:09
SNITCH Alignment1.05

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-07-01 Monday 28957 11:33
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 13:54
2025-06-30 Monday 29269 14:24
2025-12-03 Wednesday 29403 14:37
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 15:28
2025-04-10 Thursday 29200 15:36
2025-03-24 Monday 29185 15:38
2025-02-03 Monday 29143 16:39
2025-05-26 Monday 29239 16:39
2025-08-26 Tuesday 29318 16:49

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
78 2026-02-16 29467 70 29468 87
121 2026-02-09 29461 129 29462 69 29463 149 29464 153 29465 109
89 2026-02-02 29455 69 29456 89 29457 81 29458 84 29459 123
96 2026-01-26 29449 80 29450 82 29451 95 29452 89 29453 136
77 2026-01-19 29444 77 29446 78
111 2026-01-12 29437 59 29438 73 29439 113 29440 114 29441 197
122 2026-01-05 29431 69 29433 130 29434 93 29435 197
93 2025-12-29 29425 79 29426 73 29427 72 29428 149

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-02-16 29467 106 29468 106
138 2026-02-09 29461 176 29462 95 29463 209 29464 110 29465 100
101 2026-02-02 29455 107 29456 101 29457 86 29458 84 29459 128
94 2026-01-26 29449 105 29450 90 29451 113 29452 75 29453 88
77 2026-01-19 29444 83 29446 71
95 2026-01-12 29437 103 29438 82 29439 104 29440 83 29441 105
97 2026-01-05 29431 86 29433 111 29434 109 29435 85
99 2025-12-29 29425 91 29426 82 29427 71 29428 155

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 128 correct entries

Monthly average times

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