Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:39
SNITCH Alignment1.09

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2022-06-13 Monday 28315 03:18
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 03:30
2020-09-23 Wednesday 27777 03:32
2018-10-29 Monday 27181 03:55
2023-01-09 Monday 28495 04:07
2020-05-27 Wednesday 27675 04:13
2022-05-30 Monday 28303 04:26
2022-05-11 Wednesday 28287 04:27
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 04:30
2024-12-17 Tuesday 29102 04:38

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2026-06-01 29558 98 29559 86 29560 71
81 2026-05-25 29551 76 29553 79 29554 104 29555 99
128 2026-05-18 29545 88 29546 121 29548 176
92 2026-05-11 29539 43 29540 100 29541 88 29542 123 29543 86
114 2026-05-04 29533 62 29534 149 29537 125
89 2026-04-27 29527 48 29528 73 29529 63 29530 144 29531 162

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
96 2026-06-01 29558 122 29559 98 29560 68
101 2026-05-25 29551 122 29553 100 29554 119 29555 97
144 2026-05-18 29545 129 29546 151 29548 154
106 2026-05-11 29539 82 29540 116 29541 97 29542 126 29543 74
141 2026-05-04 29533 126 29534 219 29537 116
105 2026-04-27 29527 82 29528 105 29529 88 29530 151 29531 127

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 146 correct entries

Monthly average times

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