Quick SNITCH

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

Name: gimmicky

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time18:36
SNITCH Correlation0.48

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 08:08
2026-03-16 Monday 3250 08:09
2026-02-24 Tuesday 3233 08:37
2025-11-18 Tuesday 3149 09:02
2026-08-10 Monday 3376 09:44
2026-03-28 Saturday 3261 09:53
2025-11-10 Monday 3142 10:25
2026-08-05 Wednesday 3372 10:41
2026-01-09 Friday 3194 11:29
2026-01-13 Tuesday 3197 12:03

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
52 2026-08-10 3376 52
91 2026-08-03 3370 101 3371 117 3372 57

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
54 2026-08-10 3376 54
100 2026-08-03 3370 131 3371 104 3372 67

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 27 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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