Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time04:03
SNITCH Alignment1.19

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-12-31 Tuesday 2873 02:00
2025-01-04 Saturday 2877 02:01
2024-06-11 Tuesday 2699 02:09
2023-10-30 Monday 2515 02:10
2025-05-28 Wednesday 3000 02:11
2024-08-27 Tuesday 2765 02:13
2023-09-22 Friday 2489 02:13
2024-06-18 Tuesday 2705 02:13
2024-11-08 Friday 2828 02:13
2023-10-27 Friday 2514 02:16

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
60 2025-08-04 3058 60
134 2025-07-28 3052 97 3053 263 3054 84 3055 95
81 2025-07-21 3046 57 3047 65 3048 81 3049 71 3050 98
95 2025-07-14 3040 97 3041 135 3042 74 3043 77 3044 110
77 2025-07-07 3034 68 3035 65 3038 101
93 2025-06-30 3028 102 3029 86 3030 66 3032 118

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
81 2025-08-04 3058 81
150 2025-07-28 3052 105 3053 276 3054 98 3055 121
98 2025-07-21 3046 75 3047 82 3048 119 3049 91 3050 115
96 2025-07-14 3040 100 3041 117 3042 81 3043 92 3044 108
86 2025-07-07 3034 88 3035 82 3038 97
110 2025-06-30 3028 147 3029 124 3030 74 3032 121

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 130 correct entries

Monthly average times

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