Quick SNITCH

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

Name: earlylight

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:22
SNITCH Alignment1.42

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-07-16 Wednesday 3042 01:43
2023-10-09 Monday 2500 03:08
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 03:09
2024-10-24 Thursday 2815 03:11
2022-11-24 Thursday 2273 03:21
2024-05-06 Monday 2668 03:36
2025-06-02 Monday 3004 03:36
2026-05-18 Monday 3304 03:40
2025-06-09 Monday 3010 03:41
2023-04-17 Monday 2375 03:42

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
101 2026-06-01 3316 58 3317 119 3318 149 3319 80
110 2026-05-25 3310 82 3314 131
97 2026-05-18 3304 50 3305 89 3307 130 3308 119
70 2026-05-11 3301 62 3302 87
96 2026-05-04 3292 92 3296 104
102 2026-04-27 3286 107 3288 83

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2026-06-01 3316 77 3317 130 3318 128 3319 86
97 2026-05-25 3310 102 3314 82
103 2026-05-18 3304 75 3305 107 3307 122 3308 108
86 2026-05-11 3301 81 3302 116
99 2026-05-04 3292 110 3296 98
114 2026-04-27 3286 128 3288 90

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 96 correct entries

Monthly average times

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