Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Puzzleplease

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:10
SNITCH Alignment1.1

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
102 2025-10-06 3113 107 3114 97
96 2025-09-29 3106 76 3107 77 3108 108
113 2025-09-22 3100 75 3101 86 3102 141 3103 138 3104 122
93 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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
113 2025-10-06 3113 121 3114 106
99 2025-09-29 3106 93 3107 92 3108 108
108 2025-09-22 3100 98 3101 90 3102 123 3103 99 3104 123
122 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

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 105 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).