Quick SNITCH

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

Name: ian.shepherd

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:44
SNITCH Alignment1.21

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-11-18 Tuesday 3149 09:34
2026-02-25 Wednesday 3234 09:39
2025-09-15 Monday 3094 09:43
2026-02-09 Monday 3220 10:15
2026-01-19 Monday 3202 10:24
2025-12-29 Monday 3184 10:53
2024-03-20 Wednesday 2628 11:05
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 11:25
2025-12-15 Monday 3172 11:26
2025-09-11 Thursday 3091 11:28

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
82 2026-03-02 3239 82
77 2026-02-23 3232 71 3233 86 3234 57
93 2026-02-16 3226 72 3227 89 3229 83 3230 107
102 2026-02-09 3220 60 3221 128 3223 113
123 2026-02-02 3214 113 3216 118 3217 139

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
88 2026-03-02 3239 88
90 2026-02-23 3232 109 3233 103 3234 68
102 2026-02-16 3226 85 3227 95 3229 83 3230 98
104 2026-02-09 3220 78 3221 133 3223 110
114 2026-02-02 3214 116 3216 105 3217 123

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 89 correct entries

Monthly average times

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