Quick SNITCH

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

Name: esmeralda

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:31
SNITCH Alignment1.53

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-04-17 Monday 2375 02:17
2023-11-06 Monday 2520 02:26
2023-03-27 Monday 2360 02:28
2023-09-18 Monday 2485 02:32
2025-09-15 Monday 3094 02:33
2024-07-22 Monday 2734 02:39
2025-08-19 Tuesday 3071 02:47
2023-07-12 Wednesday 2437 02:47
2024-08-15 Thursday 2755 02:49
2025-02-25 Tuesday 2921 03:01

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2025-12-01 3160 115 3161 74 3162 98 3163 110 3164 119
91 2025-11-24 3154 56 3155 96 3156 92 3157 79 3158 135
83 2025-11-17 3149 57 3150 109
89 2025-11-10 3142 85 3144 85 3145 92
125 2025-11-03 3136 138 3137 154 3140 110

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
113 2025-12-01 3160 119 3161 94 3162 111 3163 122 3164 115
105 2025-11-24 3154 72 3155 128 3156 109 3157 92 3158 128
106 2025-11-17 3149 82 3150 131
112 2025-11-10 3142 125 3144 106 3145 112
127 2025-11-03 3136 150 3137 160 3140 95

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 109 correct entries

Monthly average times

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