Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Grumpole

TftT NameGrumpole
Solver Typereference
Average Time32:25
SNITCH Correlation0.8

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
2026-07-27 Monday 29605 11:11
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
34 2026-07-27 29605 34
115 2026-07-13 29593 77 29596 89 29597 179
87 2026-07-06 29590 87
41 2026-06-08 29563 41
100 2026-06-01 29560 100

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
53 2026-07-27 29605 53
110 2026-07-13 29593 93 29596 98 29597 139
75 2026-07-06 29590 75
85 2026-06-08 29563 85
97 2026-06-01 29560 97

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 65 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).