Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:09
SNITCH Alignment1.17

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
84 2025-06-02 29245 47 29246 83 29247 100 29248 84 29249 109
95 2025-05-26 29239 70 29240 79 29241 72 29242 120 29243 139
102 2025-05-19 29234 77 29235 103 29236 120 29237 109
92 2025-05-12 29227 66 29228 57 29229 111 29230 124
107 2025-05-05 29221 87 29222 106 29223 168 29224 119 29225 130
98 2025-04-28 29215 77 29216 139 29217 41 29218 128 29219 159

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
98 2025-06-02 29245 82 29246 112 29247 100 29248 107 29249 90
101 2025-05-26 29239 107 29240 95 29241 80 29242 121 29243 111
97 2025-05-19 29234 93 29235 91 29236 129 29237 77
100 2025-05-12 29227 75 29228 79 29229 146 29230 102
122 2025-05-05 29221 120 29222 123 29223 195 29224 135 29225 94
102 2025-04-28 29215 111 29216 132 29217 58 29218 110 29219 132

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 131 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).