Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: intentional rounding

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time23:48
SNITCH Correlation0.78

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
89 2026-09-07 29641 84 29642 95
113 2026-08-31 29636 113
130 2026-08-24 29632 130
76 2026-08-17 29624 77 29625 68 29626 89
48 2026-08-10 29617 48
72 2026-08-03 29612 49

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2026-09-07 29641 83 29642 95
141 2026-08-31 29636 141
117 2026-08-24 29632 117
77 2026-08-17 29624 98 29625 71 29626 77
64 2026-08-10 29617 64
69 2026-08-03 29612 65

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 58 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).