Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:54
SNITCH Alignment0.98

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
92 2026-03-30 29504 108 29505 90 29506 80
87 2026-03-23 29497 77 29498 75 29499 67 29500 96 29501 149
103 2026-03-16 29491 65 29492 60 29495 185
106 2026-03-09 29485 81 29487 51 29488 138 29489 87
81 2026-03-02 29479 49 29480 107 29481 66 29482 89 29483 125

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
131 2026-03-30 29504 158 29505 120 29506 117
97 2026-03-23 29497 102 29498 105 29499 100 29500 93 29501 97
106 2026-03-16 29491 100 29492 77 29495 143
100 2026-03-09 29485 90 29487 85 29488 94 29489 100
92 2026-03-02 29479 84 29480 128 29481 76 29482 94 29483 105

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 145 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).