Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Puzzleplease

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:23
SNITCH Correlation0.74

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
105 2026-09-28 3418 57 3420 122 3421 121 3422 122
109 2026-09-21 3412 89 3413 118 3414 103 3415 131 3416 104
110 2026-09-14 3406 86 3407 103 3408 78
112 2026-09-07 3400 101 3402 101 3403 101 3404 100
92 2026-08-31 3394 65 3395 85 3396 67

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2026-09-28 3418 95 3420 116 3421 118 3422 116
105 2026-09-21 3412 82 3413 108 3414 88 3415 139 3416 111
110 2026-09-14 3406 103 3407 113 3408 86
111 2026-09-07 3400 110 3402 108 3403 92 3404 104
102 2026-08-31 3394 98 3395 103 3396 82

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 116 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).