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 Correlation0.57

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-09-28 Monday 3418 04:22
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
84 2026-10-19 3436 86 3437 78 3438 90
101 2026-10-12 3430 84 3431 92 3432 79 3433 133 3434 72
83 2026-10-05 3424 78 3425 83 3426 76
83 2026-09-28 3418 46 3419 99 3421 102 3422 91
116 2026-09-21 3412 113 3414 122 3415 113 3416 85
110 2026-09-14 3406 93 3409 84 3410 106
96 2026-09-07 3400 101 3401 105 3402 80 3403 95 3404 85
119 2026-08-31 3395 94 3398 117

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
94 2026-10-19 3436 111 3437 80 3438 92
103 2026-10-12 3430 94 3431 98 3432 89 3433 109 3434 84
99 2026-10-05 3424 101 3425 113 3426 90
90 2026-09-28 3418 76 3419 103 3421 100 3422 85
106 2026-09-21 3412 104 3414 104 3415 120 3416 91
106 2026-09-14 3406 112 3409 82 3410 103
97 2026-09-07 3400 110 3401 110 3402 86 3403 87 3404 88
108 2026-08-31 3395 114 3398 87

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 132 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).