Quick SNITCH

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

Name: esmeralda

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:47
SNITCH Correlation0.67

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
2023-07-12 Wednesday 2437 02:47
2025-08-19 Tuesday 3071 02:47
2024-08-15 Thursday 2755 02:49

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
113 2026-09-28 3418 62 3420 143 3421 134
129 2026-09-21 3412 115 3413 162 3414 93 3415 97 3416 90
75 2026-09-14 3406 53 3408 98
105 2026-09-07 3400 94 3401 95 3402 90 3403 143 3404 87
81 2026-08-31 3394 51 3395 100 3396 92

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
123 2026-09-28 3418 103 3420 136 3421 131
116 2026-09-21 3412 106 3413 148 3414 79 3415 103 3416 96
85 2026-09-14 3406 63 3408 108
105 2026-09-07 3400 103 3401 100 3402 96 3403 131 3404 90
103 2026-08-31 3394 77 3395 121 3396 113

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 89 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).