Quick SNITCH

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

Name: esmeralda

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:42
SNITCH Correlation0.68

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
109 2026-06-29 3340 80 3341 82 3342 124
114 2026-06-22 3336 95
135 2026-06-15 3332 111
85 2026-06-08 3323 79 3324 80 3326 97
111 2026-06-01 3316 78 3317 94 3319 133 3320 75

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
116 2026-06-29 3340 133 3341 103 3342 120
118 2026-06-22 3336 95
123 2026-06-15 3332 120
89 2026-06-08 3323 87 3324 85 3326 96
113 2026-06-01 3316 104 3317 103 3319 144 3320 82

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 98 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).