Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Puzzleplease

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:12
SNITCH Alignment1.11

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
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
2024-08-07 Wednesday 2748 04:05

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-03-16 3250 51 3251 92 3252 107 3253 162
91 2026-03-09 3244 76 3245 100 3246 104 3247 101 3248 74
98 2026-03-02 3238 87 3239 105 3240 88 3241 90 3242 93
97 2026-02-23 3232 56 3233 111 3234 71 3235 101 3236 105
107 2026-02-16 3227 107 3228 133 3229 94 3230 121
105 2026-02-09 3220 92 3221 96 3222 116 3223 107 3224 116
137 2026-02-02 3214 106 3215 111 3216 168 3218 142

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
102 2026-03-16 3250 82 3251 88 3252 111 3253 129
102 2026-03-09 3244 101 3245 113 3246 109 3247 110 3248 78
103 2026-03-02 3238 110 3239 112 3240 96 3241 98 3242 96
109 2026-02-23 3232 86 3233 133 3234 85 3235 110 3236 119
110 2026-02-16 3227 115 3228 126 3229 94 3230 111
110 2026-02-09 3220 121 3221 100 3222 123 3223 104 3224 123
129 2026-02-02 3214 109 3215 104 3216 150 3218 126

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 140 correct entries

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).