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 Correlation0.64

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
78 2026-11-02 3448 78
86 2026-10-26 3442 58 3443 105 3444 72 3445 77
94 2026-10-19 3436 93 3438 106 3439 107 3440 71
116 2026-10-12 3432 101 3433 154 3434 93
96 2026-10-05 3427 61 3428 115
113 2026-09-28 3418 62 3420 143 3421 134

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-11-02 3448 106
98 2026-10-26 3442 78 3443 120 3444 87 3445 90
106 2026-10-19 3436 120 3438 109 3439 125 3440 72
116 2026-10-12 3432 114 3433 127 3434 109
94 2026-10-05 3427 67 3428 106
123 2026-09-28 3418 103 3420 136 3421 131

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 88 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).