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 Time04:01
SNITCH Correlation0.55

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 2026-08-31 3394 67 3395 89 3396 100
94 2026-08-24 3388 87 3389 97 3390 115 3391 70 3392 69
80 2026-08-17 3382 79
126 2026-08-10 3376 104 3378 117 3379 163 3380 129
93 2026-08-03 3370 115 3371 105 3372 98 3373 78 3374 106

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
108 2026-08-31 3394 101 3395 108 3396 123
96 2026-08-24 3388 103 3389 110 3390 97 3391 90 3392 85
82 2026-08-17 3382 79
119 2026-08-10 3376 109 3378 130 3379 141 3380 121
96 2026-08-03 3370 149 3371 93 3372 115 3373 70 3374 88

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 109 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).