Quick SNITCH

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

Name: esmeralda

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:28
SNITCH Alignment1.45

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-04-17 Monday 2375 02:17
2023-11-06 Monday 2520 02:26
2023-03-27 Monday 2360 02:28
2023-09-18 Monday 2485 02:32
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
2025-02-25 Tuesday 2921 03:01
2025-08-18 Monday 3070 03:02

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2025-08-18 3070 55 3071 50 3072 113 3074 182
112 2025-08-11 3065 127 3066 121 3068 102
83 2025-08-04 3058 64 3059 90 3060 88 3061 105 3062 84
104 2025-07-28 3052 117 3053 127 3054 83
98 2025-07-21 3046 100 3047 101 3048 57 3050 74
118 2025-07-14 3040 88 3044 115
88 2025-07-07 3034 62 3035 59 3036 93 3037 106 3038 121
94 2025-06-30 3028 61 3029 60 3030 79 3031 156 3032 117

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2025-08-18 3070 84 3071 74 3072 137 3074 124
120 2025-08-11 3065 127 3066 122 3068 120
92 2025-08-04 3058 86 3059 102 3060 95 3061 92 3062 91
118 2025-07-28 3052 127 3053 133 3054 97
115 2025-07-21 3046 131 3047 127 3048 83 3050 87
119 2025-07-14 3040 90 3044 113
94 2025-07-07 3034 80 3035 74 3036 93 3037 108 3038 116
107 2025-06-30 3028 88 3029 86 3030 88 3031 156 3032 120

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 127 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).