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
82 2026-04-27 3286 95 3287 81 3288 72
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
92 2026-03-23 3256 119 3257 137 3258 62 3259 54 3260 66
107 2026-03-16 3250 57 3251 100 3253 88 3254 81
97 2026-03-09 3244 86 3245 75 3246 95 3247 66 3248 110
81 2026-03-02 3238 85 3239 83 3240 77 3241 82 3242 86

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
96 2026-04-27 3286 114 3287 100 3288 76
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
111 2026-03-23 3256 136 3257 165 3258 75 3259 70 3260 79
96 2026-03-16 3250 91 3251 96 3253 69 3254 74
104 2026-03-09 3244 114 3245 85 3246 100 3247 72 3248 117
87 2026-03-02 3238 107 3239 89 3240 84 3241 90 3242 89

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 157 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).