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 Time04:12
SNITCH Alignment1.27

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
132 2025-12-01 3160 132
110 2025-11-24 3154 93 3155 116 3156 61 3157 117 3158 106
108 2025-11-17 3148 96 3149 74 3151 154
83 2025-11-10 3142 73 3143 109 3144 72 3145 60 3146 97
110 2025-11-03 3136 116 3137 119 3138 159 3139 87 3140 82

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
136 2025-12-01 3160 136
122 2025-11-24 3154 120 3155 154 3156 72 3157 137 3158 100
123 2025-11-17 3148 126 3149 107 3151 137
92 2025-11-10 3142 107 3143 100 3144 90 3145 73 3146 87
107 2025-11-03 3136 126 3137 123 3138 116 3139 104 3140 71

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 123 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).