Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Puzzleplease

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:20
SNITCH Alignment1.19

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
67 2025-08-04 3058 67
107 2025-07-28 3052 121 3053 112 3054 97 3055 83 3056 150
76 2025-07-21 3046 76 3047 85 3048 70 3050 73
103 2025-07-14 3040 104 3042 97 3043 79 3044 140
95 2025-07-07 3036 104
88 2025-06-30 3028 68 3029 70 3031 112

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
90 2025-08-04 3058 90
115 2025-07-28 3052 131 3053 117 3054 114 3055 106 3056 121
98 2025-07-21 3046 100 3047 107 3048 102 3050 85
109 2025-07-14 3040 107 3042 106 3043 95 3044 138
97 2025-07-07 3036 104
101 2025-06-30 3028 98 3029 101 3031 112

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 128 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).