Quick SNITCH

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

Name: earlylight

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:06
SNITCH Correlation0.74

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
96 2026-07-13 3352 60 3353 133
123 2026-07-06 3350 120
103 2026-06-29 3340 61 3341 79 3342 74 3344 198
68 2026-06-22 3335 68
101 2026-06-15 3328 54 3329 105 3331 156 3332 81
99 2026-06-08 3324 83 3326 115
108 2026-06-01 3316 58 3317 119 3318 149 3319 80

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-07-13 3352 77 3353 130
116 2026-07-06 3350 123
112 2026-06-29 3340 101 3341 100 3342 71 3344 176
87 2026-06-22 3335 87
97 2026-06-15 3328 79 3329 102 3331 132 3332 88
100 2026-06-08 3324 88 3326 113
104 2026-06-01 3316 77 3317 130 3318 128 3319 86

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 73 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).