Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Cryptique

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:16
SNITCH Alignment0.96

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-09-02 Tuesday 3083 04:08
2025-06-10 Tuesday 3011 04:23
2024-07-30 Tuesday 2741 04:27
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 04:30
2024-11-21 Thursday 2839 04:42
2025-06-27 Friday 3026 04:45
2024-07-31 Wednesday 2742 04:54
2025-06-19 Thursday 3019 04:59
2023-08-08 Tuesday 2456 05:05
2025-09-04 Thursday 3085 05:11

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
222 2025-11-03 3138 222
74 2025-10-27 3130 68 3132 80
172 2025-10-20 3128 172
170 2025-09-29 3108 105

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
159 2025-11-03 3138 159
73 2025-10-27 3130 67 3132 79
202 2025-10-20 3128 202
150 2025-09-29 3108 105

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 24 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Cryptique. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).