Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Menelaus

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time28:38
SNITCH Alignment0.83

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
2025-07-01 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
2021-11-30 Tuesday 28148 15:12

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2025-07-07 29275 116 29276 85
91 2025-06-30 29269 84 29270 50 29271 93 29273 138
59 2025-06-23 29263 59
97 2025-06-16 29257 97
64 2025-06-09 29251 71 29252 57
90 2025-06-02 29246 84 29247 93 29248 95

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
130 2025-07-07 29275 148 29276 113
102 2025-06-30 29269 123 29270 76 29271 110 29273 100
93 2025-06-23 29263 93
119 2025-06-16 29257 119
97 2025-06-09 29251 114 29252 81
109 2025-06-02 29246 113 29247 93 29248 121

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 75 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).