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 Time04:19
SNITCH Alignment1.12

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 2026-03-16 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
80 2026-02-23 3232 58 3233 65 3234 95 3236 103
102 2026-02-16 3226 88 3227 101 3228 110 3229 121 3230 117
89 2026-02-09 3220 62 3221 61 3222 136 3224 101
122 2026-02-02 3214 135 3215 182 3217 86 3218 145

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
83 2026-03-16 3250 91 3251 96 3253 70 3254 75
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
99 2026-02-23 3232 89 3233 78 3234 114 3236 117
108 2026-02-16 3226 104 3227 108 3228 104 3229 121 3230 107
94 2026-02-09 3220 81 3221 63 3222 144 3224 107
115 2026-02-02 3214 139 3215 171 3217 76 3218 129

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 144 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).