Quick SNITCH

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

Name: esmeralda

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:38
SNITCH Alignment1.38

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
127 2025-09-08 3089 90 3090 156 3091 135 3092 127
102 2025-09-01 3083 84 3084 110 3086 96
129 2025-08-25 3076 101
101 2025-08-18 3070 53 3071 49 3074 177
103 2025-08-11 3066 117 3068 99
81 2025-08-04 3058 62 3059 88 3060 85 3061 102 3062 82
94 2025-07-28 3052 113 3054 81

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
128 2025-09-08 3089 111 3090 157 3091 145 3092 102
110 2025-09-01 3083 116 3084 101 3086 102
107 2025-08-25 3076 109
98 2025-08-18 3070 81 3071 74 3074 124
116 2025-08-11 3066 121 3068 117
92 2025-08-04 3058 86 3059 101 3060 94 3061 91 3062 90
112 2025-07-28 3052 124 3054 98

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 115 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).