Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Puzzleplease

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:21
SNITCH Correlation0.75

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
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 03:36
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
72 2026-08-31 3394 65 3395 85 3396 67
113 2026-08-24 3388 91 3390 153 3391 84 3392 72
111 2026-08-17 3382 100 3383 164 3384 70 3385 123 3386 75
125 2026-08-10 3376 106 3377 105 3378 105 3379 186 3380 121
117 2026-08-03 3370 102 3371 144 3374 118

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
94 2026-08-31 3394 98 3395 103 3396 82
111 2026-08-24 3388 108 3390 129 3391 109 3392 88
115 2026-08-17 3382 100 3383 153 3384 82 3385 136 3386 79
121 2026-08-10 3376 111 3377 123 3378 116 3379 161 3380 114
117 2026-08-03 3370 132 3371 128 3374 98

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 118 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).