Quick SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:22
SNITCH Correlation0.6

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-02-13 Monday 2330 04:32
2025-06-09 Monday 3010 04:33
2024-08-07 Wednesday 2748 04:40
2022-12-14 Wednesday 2287 04:51
2023-12-04 Monday 2540 05:01
2024-03-19 Tuesday 2627 05:10
2025-11-10 Monday 3142 05:11
2024-06-24 Monday 2710 05:14
2026-07-27 Monday 3364 05:18
2024-09-02 Monday 2770 05:23

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2026-08-17 3382 135 3384 75 3385 139 3386 116
113 2026-08-10 3376 95 3377 85 3378 112 3379 111 3380 105
101 2026-08-03 3370 86 3371 104 3373 116 3374 91
94 2026-07-27 3364 55 3365 79 3366 110 3367 138 3368 93
111 2026-07-20 3358 76 3360 103 3361 128 3362 79
107 2026-07-13 3352 70 3353 94 3354 139 3355 128 3356 101
82 2026-07-06 3346 70 3347 89 3348 96 3349 77 3350 69
97 2026-06-29 3340 64 3342 110 3344 118

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
119 2026-08-17 3382 135 3384 88 3385 154 3386 123
109 2026-08-10 3376 100 3377 100 3378 124 3379 96 3380 99
100 2026-08-03 3370 111 3371 92 3373 105 3374 75
99 2026-07-27 3364 79 3365 85 3366 120 3367 118 3368 100
106 2026-07-20 3358 92 3360 100 3361 113 3362 80
107 2026-07-13 3352 90 3353 92 3354 143 3355 129 3356 110
85 2026-07-06 3346 97 3347 104 3348 91 3349 68 3350 71
105 2026-06-29 3340 106 3342 106 3344 105

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 123 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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