Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Puzzleplease

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:58
SNITCH Alignment1.19

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
2025-12-02 Tuesday 3161 03:54
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
116 2025-12-22 3178 102 3179 117 3180 83 3181 106 3182 118
134 2025-12-15 3174 83 3176 160
133 2025-12-08 3167 116 3168 151
94 2025-12-01 3160 101 3161 55 3162 76 3163 110 3164 97
84 2025-11-24 3154 73 3155 67 3156 89 3157 93 3158 93
98 2025-11-17 3148 64 3149 83 3151 129 3152 114
83 2025-11-10 3142 73 3143 99 3144 63
93 2025-11-03 3136 85 3137 111 3139 89 3140 96

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2025-12-22 3178 108 3179 117 3180 90 3181 101 3182 83
126 2025-12-15 3174 105 3176 155
107 2025-12-08 3167 100 3168 115
101 2025-12-01 3160 105 3161 70 3162 86 3163 122 3164 94
94 2025-11-24 3154 94 3155 89 3156 105 3157 109 3158 88
101 2025-11-17 3148 84 3149 120 3151 115 3152 100
95 2025-11-10 3142 107 3143 91 3144 78
97 2025-11-03 3136 92 3137 115 3139 107 3140 83

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 118 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).