Quick SNITCH

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

Name: esmeralda

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:40
SNITCH Alignment1.4

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-04-17 Monday 2375 02:17
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 02:21
2023-11-06 Monday 2520 02:26
2023-03-27 Monday 2360 02:28
2023-09-18 Monday 2485 02:32
2025-09-15 Monday 3094 02:33
2024-07-22 Monday 2734 02:39
2025-08-19 Tuesday 3071 02:47
2023-07-12 Wednesday 2437 02:47
2024-08-15 Thursday 2755 02:49

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
79 2026-04-27 3286 77 3287 63 3288 99
92 2026-04-20 3280 42 3281 133 3282 103
139 2026-04-13 3274 118 3275 121 3276 137 3277 144 3278 201
99 2026-04-06 3268 95 3269 81 3270 74 3272 147
109 2026-03-30 3262 108 3263 102 3266 100

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2026-04-27 3286 92 3287 77 3288 107
102 2026-04-20 3280 67 3281 129 3282 111
123 2026-04-13 3274 131 3275 106 3276 141 3277 130 3278 145
105 2026-04-06 3268 100 3269 94 3270 89 3272 138
117 2026-03-30 3262 138 3263 100 3266 109

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 116 correct entries

Monthly average times

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