Quick SNITCH

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

Name: gimmicky

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:50
SNITCH Correlation0.68

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 08:08
2026-03-16 Monday 3250 08:09
2026-02-24 Tuesday 3233 08:37
2025-11-18 Tuesday 3149 09:02
2026-08-10 Monday 3376 09:44
2026-03-28 Saturday 3261 09:53
2025-11-10 Monday 3142 10:25
2026-08-05 Wednesday 3372 10:41
2026-09-03 Thursday 3397 11:16
2026-01-09 Friday 3194 11:29

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
66 2026-08-31 3397 66
85 2026-08-24
52 2026-08-10 3376 52
91 2026-08-03 3370 101 3371 117 3372 57

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
75 2026-08-31 3397 75
63 2026-08-24
54 2026-08-10 3376 54
100 2026-08-03 3370 131 3371 104 3372 67

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 16 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for gimmicky. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).