Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Deane Short

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time03:50
SNITCH Alignment1.01

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-12-20 Friday 2864 02:24
2025-04-29 Tuesday 2975 02:24
2025-08-05 Tuesday 3059 02:27
2025-09-08 Monday 3088 02:30
2025-07-01 Tuesday 3029 02:31
2025-06-18 Wednesday 3018 02:31
2025-07-07 Monday 3034 02:33
2025-09-29 Monday 3106 02:33
2025-07-30 Wednesday 3054 02:36
2025-08-02 Saturday 3057 02:36

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
113 2025-10-06 3113 97 3114 129
89 2025-09-29 3106 66 3108 72 3110 88
99 2025-09-22 3102 133 3103 92 3104 77
106 2025-09-15 3095 61 3098 129
86 2025-09-08 3088 59 3090 91 3091 84 3092 112
97 2025-09-01 3082 71 3085 67 3086 98

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
125 2025-10-06 3113 110 3114 141
87 2025-09-29 3106 81 3108 72 3110 88
87 2025-09-22 3102 116 3103 66 3104 77
111 2025-09-15 3095 73 3098 115
88 2025-09-08 3088 77 3090 91 3091 91 3092 93
115 2025-09-01 3082 112 3085 89 3086 104

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 120 correct entries

Monthly average times

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