Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Puzzleplease

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:16
SNITCH Correlation0.76

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-12-06 Friday 2852 01:41
2023-05-16 Tuesday 2396 03:29
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 03:36
2024-02-07 Wednesday 2592 03:42
2026-03-16 Monday 3250 03:42
2025-12-02 Tuesday 3161 03:54
2024-06-14 Friday 2702 03:54
2026-02-23 Monday 3232 03:56
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 04:00
2023-11-06 Monday 2520 04:03

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
121 2026-08-03 3370 102 3371 144 3374 118
105 2026-07-27 3364 68 3365 69 3366 98 3367 131 3368 81
103 2026-07-20 3358 67 3359 72 3360 117 3361 119 3362 104
96 2026-07-13 3352 68 3354 77 3356 86
98 2026-07-06 3346 75 3347 85 3348 108 3349 110 3350 83
100 2026-06-29 3340 75 3341 93 3342 107 3343 122 3344 107

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
119 2026-08-03 3370 132 3371 128 3374 99
110 2026-07-27 3364 98 3365 75 3366 107 3367 112 3368 87
105 2026-07-20 3358 81 3359 105 3360 114 3361 105 3362 106
92 2026-07-13 3352 88 3354 79 3356 94
100 2026-07-06 3346 104 3347 100 3348 102 3349 97 3350 85
109 2026-06-29 3340 125 3341 117 3342 103 3343 109 3344 95

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 119 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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