Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Menelaus

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time28:22
SNITCH Alignment0.79

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2021-04-12 Monday 27949 10:30
2021-01-04 Monday 27865 13:37
2025-02-24 Monday 29161 13:46
2020-07-13 Monday 27715 13:55
2024-09-24 Tuesday 29030 13:56
2025-08-05 Tuesday 29300 14:25
2025-07-01 Tuesday 29270 14:34
2022-10-03 Monday 28411 14:44
2022-06-13 Monday 28315 15:02
2022-10-17 Monday 28423 15:09

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
90 2025-08-18 29311 69 29312 112
88 2025-08-11 29305 75 29306 102
50 2025-08-04 29300 50
88 2025-07-28 29293 99 29295 80 29296 86
95 2025-07-21 29289 95
98 2025-07-14 29282 98
102 2025-07-07 29275 116 29276 85 29277 105
91 2025-06-30 29269 84 29270 50 29271 93 29273 138

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
122 2025-08-18 29311 104 29312 140
118 2025-08-11 29305 131 29306 106
62 2025-08-04 29300 62
106 2025-07-28 29293 137 29295 96 29296 86
137 2025-07-21 29289 137
98 2025-07-14 29282 98
138 2025-07-07 29275 152 29276 121 29277 143
102 2025-06-30 29269 123 29270 76 29271 110 29273 100

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 73 correct entries

Monthly average times

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