Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: intentional rounding

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:07
SNITCH Correlation0.81

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 12:12
2026-05-11 Monday 29539 13:20
2026-01-12 Monday 29437 14:12
2026-06-29 Monday 29581 14:35
2026-04-14 Tuesday 29516 14:42
2025-12-15 Monday 29413 14:43
2026-06-15 Monday 29569 14:45
2025-12-25 Thursday 29422 15:01
2024-05-02 Thursday 28906 15:44
2026-04-06 Monday 29509 15:55

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
53 2026-06-29 29581 53
87 2026-06-22 29575 66 29579 108
79 2026-06-15 29569 53 29570 68 29572 104
128 2026-06-08 29567 128
82 2026-06-01 29558 88 29559 67 29560 102 29561 73

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2026-06-29 29581 85
103 2026-06-22 29575 106 29579 100
81 2026-06-15 29569 98 29570 91 29572 100
118 2026-06-08 29567 118
95 2026-06-01 29558 110 29559 77 29560 99 29561 96

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 70 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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