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 Alignment1.32

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
120 2025-09-08 3088 122 3089 96 3090 103 3091 133 3092 147
78 2025-09-01 3082 52 3083 79 3084 105
206 2025-08-25
98 2025-08-18 3070 75 3071 93 3072 65 3073 118 3074 140
98 2025-08-11 3064 161 3065 87 3066 79 3067 88 3068 84
96 2025-08-04 3058 58 3060 133 3061 139 3062 86
89 2025-07-28 3052 94 3054 82 3055 92

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
128 2025-09-08 3088 160 3089 118 3090 104 3091 143 3092 118
96 2025-09-01 3082 82 3083 109 3084 97
140 2025-08-25
110 2025-08-18 3070 115 3071 140 3072 80 3073 119 3074 98
101 2025-08-11 3064 138 3065 88 3066 82 3067 94 3068 100
106 2025-08-04 3058 80 3060 147 3061 125 3062 94
108 2025-07-28 3052 103 3054 100 3055 121

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 134 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).