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 Time04:06
SNITCH Alignment1.29

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
90 2025-11-24 3154 93 3155 116 3156 61
108 2025-11-17 3148 96 3149 74 3151 154
83 2025-11-10 3142 73 3143 109 3144 72 3145 60 3146 97
110 2025-11-03 3136 116 3137 119 3138 159 3139 87 3140 82
122 2025-10-27 3131 87 3133 129 3134 164
104 2025-10-20 3124 96 3125 94 3127 77 3128 110
105 2025-10-13 3118 68 3119 93 3120 113 3121 139 3122 95
96 2025-10-06 3112 91 3113 106 3114 104 3115 99 3116 83
100 2025-09-29 3106 86 3107 83 3108 106 3110 86

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2025-11-24 3154 120 3155 154 3156 70
123 2025-11-17 3148 126 3149 107 3151 137
92 2025-11-10 3142 107 3143 100 3144 90 3145 73 3146 87
107 2025-11-03 3136 126 3137 123 3138 116 3139 104 3140 71
124 2025-10-27 3131 102 3133 132 3134 147
119 2025-10-20 3124 115 3125 116 3127 73 3128 129
112 2025-10-13 3118 103 3119 105 3120 126 3121 137 3122 91
114 2025-10-06 3112 102 3113 120 3114 114 3115 133 3116 103
103 2025-09-29 3106 106 3107 100 3108 106 3110 86

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 147 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).