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 Time04:05
SNITCH Alignment1.3

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
2023-01-12 Thursday 2308 02:06
2024-06-11 Tuesday 2699 02:09
2023-10-30 Monday 2515 02:10
2025-05-28 Wednesday 3000 02:11
2023-01-30 Monday 2320 02:12
2024-08-27 Tuesday 2765 02:13
2023-09-22 Friday 2489 02:13
2024-06-18 Tuesday 2705 02:13

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2025-10-06 3112 91 3113 106 3114 104
100 2025-09-29 3106 86 3107 83 3108 106 3110 86
138 2025-09-22 3100 58 3102 197 3103 196 3104 98
120 2025-09-15 3098 151
120 2025-09-08 3088 122 3089 96 3090 103 3091 133 3092 147
78 2025-09-01 3082 52 3083 79 3084 105

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2025-10-06 3112 102 3113 120 3114 113
103 2025-09-29 3106 106 3107 100 3108 106 3110 86
124 2025-09-22 3100 76 3102 172 3103 141 3104 98
117 2025-09-15 3098 134
129 2025-09-08 3088 160 3089 118 3090 104 3091 144 3092 122
96 2025-09-01 3082 82 3083 109 3084 97

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 128 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).