Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time04:11
SNITCH Alignment0.97

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-12-31 Tuesday 2873 02:00
2025-01-04 Saturday 2877 02:01
2023-01-12 Thursday 2308 02:06
2024-06-11 Tuesday 2699 02:09
2023-10-30 Monday 2515 02:10
2025-05-28 Wednesday 3000 02:11
2023-01-30 Monday 2320 02:12
2024-08-27 Tuesday 2765 02:13
2023-09-22 Friday 2489 02:13
2024-06-18 Tuesday 2705 02:13

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
87 2026-05-04 3293 80 3294 67 3296 119
88 2026-04-27 3286 95 3287 81 3288 72 3289 121
96 2026-04-20 3280 63 3281 106 3282 105 3283 122 3284 74
119 2026-04-13 3274 102 3275 124 3277 83 3278 170
91 2026-04-06 3268 95 3269 100 3270 99 3272 87
134 2026-03-30 3263 104 3265 162

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
90 2026-05-04 3293 88 3294 78 3296 112
97 2026-04-27 3286 114 3287 100 3288 78 3289 119
98 2026-04-20 3280 101 3281 102 3282 114 3283 106 3284 82
104 2026-04-13 3274 113 3275 108 3277 75 3278 123
99 2026-04-06 3268 100 3269 116 3270 119 3272 82
119 2026-03-30 3263 101 3265 125

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 138 correct entries

Monthly average times

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