Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: chriswords

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:19
SNITCH Alignment1.03

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2019-05-09 Thursday 27346 04:02
2019-03-04 Monday 27289 04:20
2021-07-20 Tuesday 28034 04:33
2018-01-24 Wednesday 26943 04:35
2017-10-11 Wednesday 26853 04:39
2018-09-12 Wednesday 27141 04:58
2019-01-09 Wednesday 27243 05:08
2019-05-13 Monday 27349 05:21
2019-08-12 Monday 27427 05:27
2021-03-01 Monday 27913 05:29

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
149 2025-07-21 29287 73 29288 95 29291 280
107 2025-07-14 29281 69 29282 120 29284 112 29285 127
85 2025-07-07 29275 97 29277 70 29278 99
91 2025-06-30 29269 69 29270 59 29271 110 29272 115
96 2025-06-23 29264 82
91 2025-06-16 29257 82 29258 106 29260 86
107 2025-06-09 29251 113 29252 77 29253 76 29254 126 29255 169
114 2025-06-02 29245 124 29246 77 29249 172

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
110 2025-07-21 29287 107 29288 115 29291 108
102 2025-07-14 29281 78 29282 120 29284 112 29285 100
98 2025-07-07 29275 127 29277 95 29278 93
107 2025-06-30 29269 101 29270 90 29271 130 29272 108
91 2025-06-23 29264 90
101 2025-06-16 29257 101 29258 127 29260 76
129 2025-06-09 29251 182 29252 110 29253 107 29254 124 29255 129
138 2025-06-02 29245 217 29246 104 29249 140

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 127 correct entries

Monthly average times

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