Quick SNITCH

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

Name: esmeralda

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:43
SNITCH Correlation0.69

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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
81 2026-08-31 3394 51 3395 100 3396 92
83 2026-08-24 3388 78 3389 85 3391 86 3392 86
89 2026-08-17 3382 119 3383 110 3384 70 3385 95 3386 53
108 2026-08-10 3377 99 3378 83 3379 140 3380 111
124 2026-08-03 3374 131

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-08-31 3394 77 3395 121 3396 113
101 2026-08-24 3388 92 3389 96 3391 111 3392 106
92 2026-08-17 3382 119 3383 102 3384 82 3385 105 3386 56
108 2026-08-10 3377 116 3378 92 3379 121 3380 104
117 2026-08-03 3374 109

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 90 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).