Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Waterloo

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time21:16
SNITCH Alignment1.14

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-01-09 Monday 28495 10:16
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 10:25
2021-05-24 Monday 27985 10:29
2022-11-28 Monday 28459 10:32
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 10:33
2024-04-22 Monday 28897 10:43
2023-04-03 Monday 28567 10:45
2021-08-04 Wednesday 28047 10:52
2022-09-19 Monday 28399 10:59
2022-10-17 Monday 28423 11:04

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2025-09-08 29329 105 29331 106
97 2025-09-01 29323 108 29324 95 29325 88
102 2025-08-25 29318 72 29319 109 29320 127
104 2025-08-18 29312 104
119 2025-08-11 29305 55 29306 89 29309 213
96 2025-08-04 29300 100 29301 80 29302 108
113 2025-07-28 29293 79 29295 97 29297 163

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
125 2025-09-08 29329 132 29331 119
128 2025-09-01 29323 166 29324 107 29325 112
120 2025-08-25 29318 105 29319 129 29320 128
130 2025-08-18 29312 130
104 2025-08-11 29305 96 29306 92 29309 126
126 2025-08-04 29300 125 29301 131 29302 122
121 2025-07-28 29293 109 29295 116 29297 139

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 71 correct entries

Monthly average times

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