Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Menelaus

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time26:26
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
87 2026-08-31 29635 87
132 2026-08-24 29632 132
83 2026-08-17 29623 89 29625 78
78 2026-08-10 29617 62 29618 95
61 2026-08-03 29611 39 29613 84

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
124 2026-08-31 29635 124
118 2026-08-24 29632 118
115 2026-08-17 29623 148 29625 82
122 2026-08-10 29617 83 29618 161
93 2026-08-03 29611 65 29613 121

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 63 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).