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 Time04:07
SNITCH Alignment1.09

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
113 2026-06-01 3316 56 3317 78 3318 216 3319 103
87 2026-05-25 3310 99 3311 90 3312 90 3313 63
130 2026-05-18 3304 72 3307 188
76 2026-05-11 3298 79 3299 95 3300 69 3301 82 3302 58
87 2026-05-04 3293 80 3294 67 3296 119
88 2026-04-27 3286 95 3287 81 3288 72 3289 121

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2026-06-01 3316 74 3317 85 3318 186 3319 111
98 2026-05-25 3310 123 3311 113 3312 94 3313 72
143 2026-05-18 3304 109 3307 177
95 2026-05-11 3298 95 3299 114 3300 84 3301 107 3302 77
90 2026-05-04 3293 88 3294 78 3296 112
97 2026-04-27 3286 114 3287 100 3288 78 3289 119

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 133 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).