Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: verlaine

TftT NameVerlaine
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:49
SNITCH Alignment1.11

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
65 2026-06-08 29563 65
84 2026-06-01 29557 56 29558 87 29559 72 29560 100 29561 106
77 2026-05-25 29551 62 29552 84 29553 81 29554 71 29555 80
107 2026-05-18 29545 84 29546 110 29547 78 29549 186
88 2026-05-11 29539 53 29540 86 29541 74 29542 56 29543 100
99 2026-05-04 29533 61 29536 84 29537 112
76 2026-04-27 29527 57 29528 51 29529 72 29530 78 29531 148

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
132 2026-06-08 29563 132
103 2026-06-01 29557 93 29558 108 29559 82 29560 97 29561 139
98 2026-05-25 29551 100 29552 125 29553 102 29554 81 29555 78
112 2026-05-18 29545 123 29546 137 29547 84 29549 128
101 2026-05-11 29539 101 29540 100 29541 82 29542 57 29543 86
115 2026-05-04 29533 124 29536 102 29537 104
94 2026-04-27 29527 98 29528 73 29529 101 29530 82 29531 116

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 177 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).