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 Time04:10
SNITCH Alignment1.1

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
81 2026-01-05 3190 93 3191 67 3192 74 3193 93
103 2025-12-29 3184 113 3185 84 3186 142 3187 74 3188 106
97 2025-12-22 3178 83 3179 141 3180 103 3181 82 3182 78
100 2025-12-15 3172 92 3174 98 3175 85
112 2025-12-08 3166 69 3167 103 3169 133 3170 120
99 2025-12-01 3160 132 3161 66 3162 86 3163 133 3164 107

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2026-01-05 3190 116 3191 74 3192 80 3193 87
102 2025-12-29 3184 122 3185 86 3186 132 3187 85 3188 109
94 2025-12-22 3178 88 3179 141 3180 111 3181 78 3182 54
106 2025-12-15 3172 121 3174 124 3175 85
113 2025-12-08 3166 85 3167 88 3169 135 3170 127
106 2025-12-01 3160 137 3161 84 3162 97 3163 147 3164 103

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 131 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).