Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Puzzleplease

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:27
SNITCH Alignment1.08

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
90 2025-09-15 3094 69 3095 125 3096 78
104 2025-09-08 3089 85 3090 101 3091 96 3092 146
78 2025-09-01 3083 63
88 2025-08-25 3076 88
82 2025-08-18 3070 56 3071 55 3072 61 3073 68 3074 152
95 2025-08-11 3064 113 3066 105 3068 72
66 2025-08-04 3058 66

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
123 2025-09-15 3094 116 3095 150 3096 105
108 2025-09-08 3089 104 3090 102 3091 104 3092 121
91 2025-09-01 3083 87
95 2025-08-25 3076 95
85 2025-08-18 3070 86 3071 83 3072 75 3073 68 3074 107
99 2025-08-11 3064 97 3066 109 3068 85
91 2025-08-04 3058 91

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 113 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).