Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: verlaine

TftT NameVerlaine
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:57
SNITCH Alignment0.92

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-04-05 Wednesday 28569 02:25
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 02:31
2025-10-15 Wednesday 29361 02:46
2024-12-17 Tuesday 29102 02:53
2018-12-20 Thursday 27226 02:59
2023-06-29 Thursday 28642 03:01
2024-02-13 Tuesday 28838 03:01
2023-02-02 Thursday 28516 03:01
2021-04-19 Monday 27955 03:10
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 03:10

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
82 2026-03-30 29503 75 29504 65 29505 82 29506 78 29507 114
110 2026-03-23 29497 127 29498 82 29499 64 29500 140 29501 144
100 2026-03-16 29491 62 29492 93 29493 70 29494 123 29495 156
109 2026-03-09 29485 67 29486 92 29487 53 29488 195 29489 91
90 2026-03-02 29479 76 29480 109 29481 71 29482 77 29483 138

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
110 2026-03-30 29503 115 29504 95 29505 109 29506 114 29507 120
124 2026-03-23 29497 169 29498 115 29499 95 29500 135 29501 94
98 2026-03-16 29491 95 29492 120 29493 85 29494 96 29495 120
102 2026-03-09 29485 74 29486 94 29487 88 29488 133 29489 104
105 2026-03-02 29479 131 29480 131 29481 82 29482 81 29483 115

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 171 correct entries

Monthly average times

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