Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Word Psmith

TftT Namewordpsmith
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:33
SNITCH Alignment0.7

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2016-11-07 Monday 26563 03:03
2016-11-22 Tuesday 26576 03:37
2016-11-09 Wednesday 26565 03:42
2016-09-27 Tuesday 26528 03:53
2016-10-04 Tuesday 26534 04:24
2016-11-04 Friday 26561 04:34
2016-10-27 Thursday 26554 04:39
2016-10-26 Wednesday 26553 04:43
2016-10-03 Monday 26533 05:13
2016-11-23 Wednesday 26577 06:08

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
72 2025-11-03 29378 72
105 2025-10-27 29371 64 29372 81 29374 157 29375 120
123 2025-10-20 29365 131 29368 115
127 2025-10-06 29353 82 29354 103 29355 127 29356 199
114 2025-09-29 29347 103 29348 125

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
98 2025-11-03 29378 98
114 2025-10-27 29371 100 29372 106 29374 124 29375 129
159 2025-10-20 29365 181 29368 138
149 2025-10-06 29353 98 29354 118 29355 156 29356 226
191 2025-09-29 29347 210 29348 173

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 45 correct entries

Monthly average times

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