Quick SNITCH

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

Name: dr.shred

TftT Namedr.shred
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:29
SNITCH Alignment1.61

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-09-15 Monday 3094 02:42
2025-11-25 Tuesday 3155 02:51
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 02:53
2025-11-27 Thursday 3157 02:59
2025-06-30 Monday 3028 03:05
2025-03-25 Tuesday 2945 03:07
2025-10-10 Friday 3116 03:08
2025-08-18 Monday 3070 03:09
2025-05-28 Wednesday 3000 03:13
2025-07-07 Monday 3034 03:19

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2025-12-08 3167 97
88 2025-11-24 3154 96 3155 51 3156 103 3157 54 3158 138
77 2025-11-17 3148 68 3150 62 3151 103
95 2025-11-03 3136 109 3137 83 3139 109

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
76 2025-12-08 3167 76
101 2025-11-24 3154 124 3155 68 3156 122 3157 63 3158 131
84 2025-11-17 3148 89 3150 74 3151 91
105 2025-11-03 3136 118 3137 86 3139 131

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 90 correct entries

Monthly average times

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