Quick SNITCH

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

Name: esmeralda

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:36
SNITCH Alignment1.55

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
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
2025-02-25 Tuesday 2921 03:01

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
84 2025-10-06 3113 80 3114 89
101 2025-09-29 3107 84 3108 116 3109 105
185 2025-09-22 3102 158 3103 213
68 2025-09-15 3094 45 3095 82 3096 78
113 2025-09-08 3089 90 3090 156 3091 135 3092 127
102 2025-09-01 3083 84 3084 110 3086 96

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
93 2025-10-06 3113 90 3114 97
105 2025-09-29 3107 101 3108 116 3109 100
145 2025-09-22 3102 138 3103 153
93 2025-09-15 3094 76 3095 98 3096 105
118 2025-09-08 3089 111 3090 157 3091 146 3092 105
110 2025-09-01 3083 116 3084 101 3086 102

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 112 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).