Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Cryptique

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:10
SNITCH Alignment0.8

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
99 2025-09-08 3090 99
50 2025-09-01 3083 45 3085 56
134 2025-08-11 3066 134
59 2025-07-28 3054 59

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2025-09-08 3090 100
68 2025-09-01 3083 62 3085 74
139 2025-08-11 3066 139
71 2025-07-28 3054 71

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 20 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).