Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Cryptique

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:32
SNITCH Alignment0.86

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
170 2025-09-29 3108 105
165 2025-09-22 3103 165
151 2025-09-15 3095 199 3096 144 3098 112
99 2025-09-08 3090 99
50 2025-09-01 3083 45 3085 56

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
150 2025-09-29 3108 105
118 2025-09-22 3103 118
177 2025-09-15 3095 239 3096 194 3098 100
100 2025-09-08 3090 100
68 2025-09-01 3083 62 3085 74

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).