Quick SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time08:52
SNITCH Alignment1.28

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-06-09 Monday 3010 04:33
2024-08-07 Wednesday 2748 04:40
2023-12-04 Monday 2540 05:01
2024-03-19 Tuesday 2627 05:10
2024-06-24 Monday 2710 05:14
2024-09-02 Monday 2770 05:23
2024-07-11 Thursday 2725 05:27
2024-05-29 Wednesday 2688 05:27
2024-02-02 Friday 2588 05:28
2023-06-22 Thursday 2423 05:29

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
110 2025-08-18 3070 69 3073 116 3074 145
101 2025-08-11 3064 105 3066 83 3067 106 3068 102
97 2025-08-04 3058 88 3059 122 3060 80 3061 119 3062 98
103 2025-07-28 3052 125 3053 103 3054 85 3055 70 3056 140
75 2025-07-21 3049 61
101 2025-07-14 3042 98 3044 95
118 2025-07-07 3038 126
93 2025-06-30 3029 62 3030 75 3032 111

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2025-08-18 3070 106 3073 113 3074 99
105 2025-08-11 3064 88 3066 83 3067 111 3068 120
108 2025-08-04 3058 118 3059 138 3060 86 3061 104 3062 106
111 2025-07-28 3052 135 3053 108 3054 100 3055 89 3056 113
81 2025-07-21 3049 78
105 2025-07-14 3042 107 3044 94
119 2025-07-07 3038 121
100 2025-06-30 3029 89 3030 84 3032 114

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 104 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).