Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: chriswords

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:59
SNITCH Correlation0.68

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
123 2026-11-09 29695 94 29696 139 29697 83 29699 176
101 2026-11-02 29689 110 29691 95 29692 141 29693 60
103 2026-10-26 29683 68 29684 82 29685 83 29686 114
80 2026-10-19 29678 95 29679 58 29680 89
78 2026-10-12 29671 86 29672 82 29673 44 29674 108
136 2026-10-05 29666 94 29667 103 29669 211
96 2026-09-28 29659 85 29660 109 29663 94

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
99 2026-11-09 29695 95 29696 120 29697 77 29699 107
106 2026-11-02 29689 135 29691 76 29692 150 29693 64
114 2026-10-26 29683 115 29684 103 29685 86 29686 128
90 2026-10-19 29678 111 29679 72 29680 87
88 2026-10-12 29671 111 29672 102 29673 48 29674 100
116 2026-10-05 29666 117 29667 96 29669 135
113 2026-09-28 29659 110 29660 121 29663 108

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 107 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).