Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: intentional rounding

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time23:44
SNITCH Correlation0.74

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 12:12
2026-08-10 Monday 29617 12:31
2026-08-04 Tuesday 29612 12:48
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
83 2026-09-28 29660 69 29661 77 29662 103
77 2026-09-21
126 2026-09-14 29650 117 29651 135
89 2026-09-07 29641 84 29642 95
113 2026-08-31 29636 113

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
80 2026-09-28 29660 76 29661 86 29662 78
78 2026-09-21
136 2026-09-14 29650 117 29651 155
89 2026-09-07 29641 83 29642 95
141 2026-08-31 29636 141

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 55 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).