Quick SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:23
SNITCH Correlation0.59

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
94 2026-08-31 3395 94
97 2026-08-24 3388 80 3389 74 3390 117 3391 98 3392 92
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2026-08-31 3395 111
101 2026-08-24 3388 95 3389 84 3390 99 3391 127 3392 113
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

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 119 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).