Quick SNITCH

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

Name: CrystalPip

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time08:35
SNITCH Correlation0.69

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-04-21 Monday 2968 04:19
2025-05-12 Monday 2986 04:20
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 04:21
2024-12-10 Tuesday 2855 04:40
2025-11-10 Monday 3142 04:46
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 04:49
2025-07-01 Tuesday 3029 04:53
2024-05-06 Monday 2668 04:54
2024-09-18 Wednesday 2784 04:57
2023-11-06 Monday 2520 05:06

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
95 2026-08-03 3370 95
103 2026-07-20 3362 103
108 2026-07-13 3352 85 3353 160 3354 92 3355 97
81 2026-07-06 3350 81
136 2026-06-29 3341 103 3344 169

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
123 2026-08-03 3370 123
105 2026-07-20 3362 105
114 2026-07-13 3352 110 3353 156 3354 94 3355 97
83 2026-07-06 3350 83
140 2026-06-29 3341 130 3344 150

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 22 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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