Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Valance

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:55
SNITCH Alignment1.5

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-07-28 Sunday 5122 03:07
2024-07-13 Saturday 28968 03:09
2024-07-21 Sunday 5121 03:11
2024-08-10 Saturday 28992 04:02
2023-04-03 Monday 28567 06:41
2023-07-17 Monday 28657 07:23
2023-02-02 Thursday 28516 07:29
2020-10-07 Wednesday 27789 07:41
2022-02-01 Tuesday 28202 07:42
2022-05-02 Monday 28279 07:45

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
119 2025-07-21 29287 84 29288 89 29289 56 29290 247
116 2025-07-14 29281 109 29282 86 29284 126 29285 146
91 2025-07-07 29276 69 29277 78 29278 126
97 2025-06-30 29270 61 29273 142
91 2025-06-23 29263 70 29265 103 29266 109
99 2025-06-16 29257 73 29258 85 29261 140
118 2025-06-09 29253 75 29254 95 29255 175
88 2025-06-02 29246 75 29249 102

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2025-07-21 29287 123 29288 108 29289 81 29290 136
112 2025-07-14 29281 123 29282 86 29284 126 29285 115
99 2025-07-07 29276 98 29277 106 29278 118
90 2025-06-30 29270 93 29273 103
98 2025-06-23 29263 111 29265 103 29266 90
95 2025-06-16 29257 90 29258 102 29261 93
106 2025-06-09 29253 105 29254 94 29255 133
92 2025-06-02 29246 101 29249 83

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 93 correct entries

Monthly average times

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