Quick SNITCH

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

Name: dr.shred

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:05
SNITCH Alignment1.6

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 02:53
2025-06-30 Monday 3028 03:05
2025-03-25 Tuesday 2945 03:07
2025-08-18 Monday 3070 03:09
2025-05-28 Wednesday 3000 03:13
2025-07-07 Monday 3034 03:19
2025-08-04 Monday 3058 03:27
2025-08-16 Saturday 3069 03:27
2025-06-09 Monday 3010 03:33
2025-08-19 Tuesday 3071 03:33

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
60 2025-08-18 3070 51 3071 58 3072 72
83 2025-08-11 3065 109 3067 81 3068 87
89 2025-08-04 3058 56 3059 115 3060 87 3062 99
79 2025-07-28 3054 84 3055 66
77 2025-07-21 3046 87 3047 79 3049 78 3050 64
80 2025-07-14 3043 80
81 2025-07-07 3034 51 3035 75 3036 99 3038 100
78 2025-06-30 3028 47 3029 63 3030 98 3032 104

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
83 2025-08-18 3070 78 3071 86 3072 87
90 2025-08-11 3065 109 3067 85 3068 102
101 2025-08-04 3058 75 3059 130 3060 94 3062 107
97 2025-07-28 3054 98 3055 84
97 2025-07-21 3046 114 3047 100 3049 100 3050 75
96 2025-07-14 3043 96
88 2025-07-07 3034 66 3035 94 3036 99 3038 96
94 2025-06-30 3028 68 3029 91 3030 110 3032 107

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 77 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).