Quick SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:37
SNITCH Alignment1.11

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
2024-09-02 Monday 2770 05:23
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 05:24

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
96 2026-06-01 3316 94 3317 98
90 2026-05-25 3310 79 3311 60 3312 89 3313 116
113 2026-05-18 3305 125 3306 84 3307 124 3308 95
86 2026-05-11 3298 69 3299 86 3300 102 3301 73 3302 86
89 2026-05-04 3292 79 3293 93 3294 92 3295 90 3296 114
116 2026-04-27 3286 110 3287 73 3288 99 3289 136 3290 131

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
115 2026-06-01 3316 125 3317 106
99 2026-05-25 3310 98 3311 75 3312 93 3313 133
110 2026-05-18 3305 150 3306 79 3307 116 3308 86
104 2026-05-11 3298 83 3299 103 3300 124 3301 96 3302 114
94 2026-05-04 3292 95 3293 103 3294 108 3295 86 3296 107
118 2026-04-27 3286 132 3287 90 3288 107 3289 134 3290 92

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 107 correct entries

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).