Quick SNITCH

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

Name: verlaine

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time02:35
SNITCH Correlation0.72

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-09-15 Monday 3094 01:27
2024-06-24 Monday 2710 01:31
2026-03-28 Saturday 3261 01:31
2025-03-03 Monday 2926 01:34
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 01:34
2024-07-26 Friday 2738 01:35
2025-02-21 Friday 2918 01:36
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 01:36
2026-06-15 Monday 3328 01:36
2025-10-09 Thursday 3115 01:37

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
94 2026-08-31 3394 81 3395 107
115 2026-08-24 3388 78 3389 98 3390 132 3391 75 3392 134
101 2026-08-17 3382 94 3383 137 3384 101 3385 92 3386 87
113 2026-08-10 3376 126 3377 72 3378 108 3379 144 3380 113
116 2026-08-03 3370 100 3371 118 3372 90 3373 134 3374 138

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
125 2026-08-31 3394 122 3395 128
117 2026-08-24 3388 92 3389 111 3390 111 3391 97 3392 165
106 2026-08-17 3382 94 3383 128 3384 118 3385 102 3386 92
110 2026-08-10 3376 132 3377 84 3378 120 3379 125 3380 106
115 2026-08-03 3370 129 3371 105 3372 105 3373 121 3374 115

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 123 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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