Quick SNITCH

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

Name: ian.shepherd

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:07
SNITCH Alignment0.76

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-03-20 Wednesday 2628 11:05
2025-07-23 Wednesday 3048 11:20
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 11:25
2025-01-25 Saturday 2895 11:44
2025-04-22 Tuesday 2969 11:56
2025-06-10 Tuesday 3011 12:05
2025-08-04 Monday 3058 12:13
2025-06-02 Monday 3004 12:25
2024-08-07 Wednesday 2748 12:28
2024-11-11 Monday 2830 12:29

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
75 2025-08-18 3073 75
101 2025-08-11 3065 102 3066 91 3067 116 3068 110
96 2025-08-04 3058 63 3059 81 3060 99 3061 163 3062 86
115 2025-07-28 3053 154 3055 77
71 2025-07-21 3048 57 3049 82
63 2025-06-30 3028 63

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
73 2025-08-18 3073 73
109 2025-08-11 3065 102 3066 91 3067 122 3068 129
105 2025-08-04 3058 85 3059 92 3060 107 3061 142 3062 93
130 2025-07-28 3053 162 3055 98
86 2025-07-21 3048 83 3049 105
91 2025-06-30 3028 91

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 98 correct entries

Monthly average times

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