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 Time04:03
SNITCH Correlation0.58

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
94 2026-09-28 3418 79 3419 111 3420 90 3421 93 3422 102
103 2026-09-21 3412 129 3413 105 3414 88 3416 93
95 2026-09-14 3406 61 3407 82 3408 93 3409 141 3410 96
95 2026-09-07 3400 77 3402 88 3403 121
94 2026-08-31 3394 67 3395 89 3396 100

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
102 2026-09-28 3418 131 3419 115 3420 85 3421 91 3422 96
97 2026-09-21 3412 119 3413 96 3414 75 3416 100
96 2026-09-14 3406 73 3407 90 3408 103 3409 138 3410 94
96 2026-09-07 3400 84 3402 94 3403 111
108 2026-08-31 3394 101 3395 108 3396 123

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 107 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).