Quick SNITCH

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

Name: earlylight

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:20
SNITCH Alignment1.64

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-07-16 Wednesday 3042 01:43
2023-10-09 Monday 2500 03:08
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 03:09
2024-10-24 Thursday 2815 03:11
2022-11-24 Thursday 2273 03:21
2024-05-06 Monday 2668 03:36
2025-06-02 Monday 3004 03:36
2025-06-09 Monday 3010 03:41
2023-04-17 Monday 2375 03:42
2025-02-24 Monday 2920 03:43

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
193 2026-01-26 3210 166
100 2026-01-19 3202 60 3203 133 3204 76 3205 118 3206 114
96 2026-01-12 3196 55 3197 73 3198 65 3199 98 3200 202
96 2026-01-05 3190 75 3191 88 3194 89
143 2025-12-29 3184 88 3185 110 3187 111

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
168 2026-01-26 3210 144
103 2026-01-19 3202 78 3203 117 3204 97 3205 124 3206 101
94 2026-01-12 3196 75 3197 69 3198 61 3199 108 3200 172
100 2026-01-05 3190 93 3191 97 3194 96
137 2025-12-29 3184 95 3185 113 3187 127

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 56 correct entries

Monthly average times

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