Quick SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Quick Cryptic Crossword

Name: Word Psmith

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:32
SNITCH Alignment0.8

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-07-05 Friday 2720 04:22
2026-03-16 Monday 3250 04:41
2025-10-15 Wednesday 3120 05:17
2025-10-09 Thursday 3115 05:36
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 05:43
2026-04-08 Wednesday 3270 05:53
2026-01-26 Monday 3208 05:56
2025-06-02 Monday 3004 06:03
2025-02-11 Tuesday 2909 06:08
2025-02-26 Wednesday 2922 06:18

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
93 2026-04-27 3287 93
94 2026-04-20 3280 62 3283 127
128 2026-04-13 3274 84 3276 128
73 2026-04-06 3270 64 3271 82
119 2026-03-30 3263 110 3265 150 3266 98

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2026-04-27 3287 114
105 2026-04-20 3280 100 3283 110
118 2026-04-13 3274 93 3276 131
90 2026-04-06 3270 77 3271 103
110 2026-03-30 3263 107 3265 116 3266 107

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 50 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Word Psmith. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).