Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Menelaus

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time26:16
SNITCH Correlation0.62

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2021-04-12 Monday 27949 10:30
2026-08-03 Monday 29611 10:43
2026-06-29 Monday 29581 12:47
2026-04-27 Monday 29527 13:02
2026-03-11 Wednesday 29487 13:14
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
115 2026-09-28 29661 110 29663 120
72 2026-09-21 29653 72
115 2026-09-14 29648 121 29649 113 29651 113
95 2026-09-07 29642 87 29643 124 29644 75
94 2026-08-31 29635 87 29637 101

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
130 2026-09-28 29661 123 29663 137
120 2026-09-21 29653 120
137 2026-09-14 29648 139 29649 143 29651 129
98 2026-09-07 29642 87 29643 113 29644 96
113 2026-08-31 29635 124 29637 103

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 62 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).