Quick SNITCH

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

Name: crosswordian

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:29
SNITCH Correlation0.62

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
87 2026-06-29 3340 64 3342 110
99 2026-06-22 3334 106 3335 85 3336 80 3337 127 3338 74
108 2026-06-15 3328 75 3329 115 3330 94 3331 109 3332 128
86 2026-06-08 3322 63 3323 68 3324 79 3325 80 3326 121
99 2026-06-01 3316 94 3317 98 3318 129 3319 105 3320 71

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-06-29 3340 106 3342 106
104 2026-06-22 3334 111 3335 108 3336 80 3337 125 3338 73
110 2026-06-15 3328 110 3329 112 3330 110 3331 92 3332 139
88 2026-06-08 3322 70 3323 75 3324 84 3325 91 3326 119
107 2026-06-01 3316 125 3317 107 3318 111 3319 114 3320 78

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 95 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).