Quick SNITCH

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

Name: tds

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:54
SNITCH Correlation0.72

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-01-21 Wednesday 3204 03:46
2025-11-10 Monday 3142 04:08
2024-10-24 Thursday 2815 04:08
2025-04-29 Tuesday 2975 04:12
2023-08-02 Wednesday 2452 04:14
2024-11-08 Friday 2828 04:17
2025-05-12 Monday 2986 04:33
2024-06-20 Thursday 2707 04:35
2026-03-26 Thursday 3259 04:35
2026-04-09 Thursday 3271 04:35

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
137 2026-06-22 3334 114 3337 161
81 2026-06-15 3328 72 3329 99 3330 71 3332 83
105 2026-06-08 3324 92 3325 96 3326 102
115 2026-06-01 3318 134 3319 103 3320 90
177 2026-05-25 3314 273
122 2026-05-18 3307 140
101 2026-05-11 3299 84 3302 118
99 2026-05-04 3294 104
101 2026-04-27 3286 94 3287 87 3288 118 3289 105

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
139 2026-06-22 3334 120 3337 159
93 2026-06-15 3328 105 3329 97 3330 83 3332 90
105 2026-06-08 3324 97 3325 110 3326 100
106 2026-06-01 3318 115 3319 111 3320 98
123 2026-05-25 3314 171
112 2026-05-18 3307 132
129 2026-05-11 3299 101 3302 157
107 2026-05-04 3294 122
112 2026-04-27 3286 113 3287 107 3288 128 3289 103

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 75 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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