Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Puzzleplease

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:11
SNITCH Alignment1.22

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
2024-06-14 Friday 2702 03:54
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 04:00
2023-11-06 Monday 2520 04:03
2024-08-07 Wednesday 2748 04:05
2025-06-10 Tuesday 3011 04:05
2025-06-09 Monday 3010 04:07
2024-06-24 Monday 2710 04:07

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
93 2025-11-03 3136 85 3137 111 3139 89 3140 96
100 2025-10-27 3130 100 3131 88 3132 114 3133 78 3134 130
112 2025-10-20 3124 80 3125 94 3126 166 3127 104 3128 110
113 2025-10-13 3118 67 3119 126 3120 85 3121 99 3122 130
96 2025-10-06 3113 107 3114 97 3115 66 3116 88
96 2025-09-29 3106 76 3107 77 3108 108

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2025-11-03 3136 92 3137 115 3139 107 3140 83
102 2025-10-27 3130 99 3131 103 3132 112 3133 80 3134 117
118 2025-10-20 3124 96 3125 116 3126 131 3127 99 3128 129
119 2025-10-13 3118 101 3119 143 3120 95 3121 98 3122 125
109 2025-10-06 3113 121 3114 106 3115 89 3116 110
99 2025-09-29 3106 93 3107 92 3108 108

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 111 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).