Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Puzzleplease

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:05
SNITCH Alignment1.17

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
77 2026-04-06 3268 105 3269 82 3270 65 3271 58
114 2026-03-30 3262 76 3263 164 3265 127 3266 104
83 2026-03-23 3257 87 3258 95 3259 72
109 2026-03-16 3250 51 3251 92 3252 107 3253 162 3254 113
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2026-04-06 3268 110 3269 95 3270 78 3271 73
113 2026-03-30 3262 97 3263 160 3265 98 3266 114
103 2026-03-23 3257 104 3258 115 3259 93
100 2026-03-16 3250 82 3251 88 3252 111 3253 128 3254 103
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

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 138 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).