Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: benbush

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:38
SNITCH Correlation0.8

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 06:41
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 07:08
2026-08-11 Tuesday 29618 07:18
2025-12-03 Wednesday 29403 07:22
2026-04-20 Monday 29521 07:25
2025-08-18 Monday 29311 07:44
2025-05-19 Monday 29233 07:48
2025-03-24 Monday 29185 07:49
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 08:13
2026-04-13 Monday 29515 08:18

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
68 2026-08-24 29629 71 29630 65
107 2026-08-17 29623 65 29624 95 29625 90 29627 179
86 2026-08-10 29617 91 29618 49 29619 75 29620 121 29621 98
85 2026-08-03 29611 57 29612 58 29613 75 29614 116 29615 122
69 2026-07-27 29605 53 29606 93 29608 63
91 2026-07-20 29599 84 29600 97 29601 86 29603 98
98 2026-07-13 29593 76 29594 123 29597 97
138 2026-07-06 29589 138
66 2026-06-29 29581 69 29583 64

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2026-08-24 29629 122 29630 103
111 2026-08-17 29623 108 29624 121 29625 94 29627 122
101 2026-08-10 29617 122 29618 83 29619 101 29620 113 29621 90
93 2026-08-03 29611 95 29612 77 29613 108 29614 100 29615 87
89 2026-07-27 29605 84 29606 119 29608 64
102 2026-07-20 29599 118 29600 111 29601 103 29603 77
92 2026-07-13 29593 92 29594 109 29597 75
93 2026-07-06 29589 93
91 2026-06-29 29581 111 29583 72

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 104 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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