Quick SNITCH

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

Name: GMcD

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:51
SNITCH Correlation0.66

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-05-06 Monday 2668 03:41
2023-08-21 Monday 2465 03:42
2025-09-01 Monday 3082 03:48
2024-12-09 Monday 2854 03:48
2026-06-29 Monday 3340 03:48
2023-12-04 Monday 2540 03:49
2024-08-07 Wednesday 2748 03:59
2026-01-21 Wednesday 3204 04:03
2024-03-11 Monday 2620 04:04
2024-01-04 Thursday 2563 04:04

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2026-09-14 3406 95 3408 99 3409 148
92 2026-09-07 3400 89 3401 87 3402 106 3403 100
79 2026-08-31 3394 80 3395 85 3396 70 3397 69 3398 90
93 2026-08-24 3388 78 3390 138 3391 67 3392 92
104 2026-08-17 3382 110 3383 116 3385 104 3386 99
106 2026-08-10 3377 69 3378 102 3379 118 3380 100
96 2026-08-03 3370 82 3371 112 3372 80 3374 105

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
122 2026-09-14 3406 114 3408 110 3409 143
93 2026-09-07 3400 97 3401 91 3402 113 3403 91
87 2026-08-31 3394 121 3395 103 3396 86 3397 78 3398 67
102 2026-08-24 3388 92 3390 116 3391 87 3392 113
107 2026-08-17 3382 110 3383 108 3385 115 3386 105
101 2026-08-10 3377 81 3378 113 3379 102 3380 94
99 2026-08-03 3370 106 3371 100 3372 94 3374 87

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 121 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for GMcD. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).