Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Grumpole

TftT NameGrumpole
Solver Typereference
Average Time32:34
SNITCH Alignment1.51

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 10:40
2025-08-11 Monday 29305 10:53
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 11:04
2025-05-05 Monday 29221 11:44
2024-01-15 Monday 28813 11:54
2025-07-28 Monday 29293 12:43
2025-04-30 Wednesday 29217 12:49
2024-11-07 Thursday 29068 12:57
2025-06-11 Wednesday 29253 13:02
2024-01-03 Wednesday 28803 13:32

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
68 2026-05-25 29552 44 29553 66 29554 94
73 2026-05-18 29545 66 29547 81
117 2026-05-11 29539 74 29541 160
81 2026-05-04 29534 45 29535 105 29537 93
62 2026-04-27 29527 50 29528 45 29530 91

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2026-05-25 29552 65 29553 83 29554 108
92 2026-05-18 29545 97 29547 88
159 2026-05-11 29539 142 29541 177
96 2026-05-04 29534 66 29535 136 29537 86
82 2026-04-27 29527 86 29528 65 29530 95

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 68 correct entries

Monthly average times

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