Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Word Psmith

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:36
SNITCH Correlation0.74

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
2026-05-11 Monday 3298 04:54
2025-10-15 Wednesday 3120 05:17
2026-07-21 Tuesday 3359 05:24
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2026-08-10 3376 86 3377 137
109 2026-08-03 3370 111 3372 107
81 2026-07-27 3364 81
96 2026-07-20 3359 58 3360 136 3361 94
117 2026-07-13 3354 117
123 2026-07-06 3349 123
275 2026-06-29 3342 275

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
126 2026-08-10 3376 90 3377 163
134 2026-08-03 3370 144 3372 125
117 2026-07-27 3364 117
100 2026-07-20 3359 85 3360 133 3361 83
120 2026-07-13 3354 120
108 2026-07-06 3349 108
266 2026-06-29 3342 266

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 49 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).