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 Time04:38
SNITCH Correlation0.65

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-01-12 Monday 3196 02:40
2025-09-15 Monday 3094 02:42
2025-11-25 Tuesday 3155 02:51
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 02:53
2026-05-18 Monday 3304 02:54
2026-05-14 Thursday 3301 02:58
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-06-22 3336 104 3338 102
80 2026-06-15 3328 81 3332 79
108 2026-05-25 3310 108
64 2026-05-18 3304 59 3305 70
90 2026-05-11 3298 94 3299 110 3301 61 3302 98
104 2026-05-04 3293 126 3294 104
122 2026-04-27 3288 125 3289 120

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
102 2026-06-22 3336 105 3338 100
102 2026-06-15 3328 119 3332 85
135 2026-05-25 3310 135
86 2026-05-18 3304 89 3305 84
113 2026-05-11 3298 113 3299 132 3301 80 3302 130
114 2026-05-04 3293 140 3294 122
126 2026-04-27 3288 135 3289 118

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 29 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).