Quick SNITCH

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

Name: esmeralda

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:34
SNITCH Alignment1.5

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
146 2025-11-03 3136 138 3137 154
103 2025-10-27 3130 83 3131 77 3132 147 3133 113
101 2025-10-20 3124 106 3125 94 3126 130 3127 102 3128 72
99 2025-10-13 3118 57 3119 108 3120 119 3121 90
85 2025-10-06 3113 80 3114 89 3115 55 3116 79
101 2025-09-29 3107 84 3108 116 3109 105

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
155 2025-11-03 3136 150 3137 160
107 2025-10-27 3130 82 3131 90 3132 145 3133 116
107 2025-10-20 3124 127 3125 116 3126 103 3127 97 3128 84
108 2025-10-13 3118 86 3119 122 3120 133 3121 89
96 2025-10-06 3113 90 3114 97 3115 74 3116 98
105 2025-09-29 3107 101 3108 116 3109 100

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 113 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).