Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: chriswords

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:25
SNITCH Correlation0.74

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
94 2026-09-07 29643 98 29644 91
102 2026-08-31 29635 77 29636 117 29637 97 29638 111 29639 110
93 2026-08-24 29629 92 29630 59 29631 83 29633 159
96 2026-08-17 29623 92 29624 88 29625 92 29626 102 29627 106
88 2026-08-10 29617 78 29618 101 29619 74 29621 111
92 2026-08-03 29611 59 29612 108 29613 90 29615 116

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
102 2026-09-07 29643 89 29644 115
110 2026-08-31 29635 110 29636 146 29637 98 29638 105 29639 92
273 2026-08-24 29629 158 29630 93 29631 922 29633 108
104 2026-08-17 29623 153 29624 112 29625 96 29626 88 29627 72
112 2026-08-10 29617 105 29618 171 29619 100 29621 102
109 2026-08-03 29611 98 29612 144 29613 130 29615 83

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 106 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).