Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Grumpole

TftT NameGrumpole
Solver Typereference
Average Time35:39
SNITCH Alignment1.37

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
77 2026-04-06 29510 67 29512 39 29513 126
59 2026-03-30 29503 68 29505 50 29506 61
142 2026-03-23 29498 76 29500 96 29501 255
89 2026-03-16 29491 51 29492 64 29494 118 29495 125
87 2026-03-09 29485 101 29487 56 29489 104
72 2026-03-02 29479 61 29482 74 29483 81

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2026-04-06 29510 98 29512 53 29513 105
86 2026-03-30 29503 104 29505 66 29506 89
122 2026-03-23 29498 107 29500 93 29501 166
87 2026-03-16 29491 78 29492 83 29494 92 29495 96
108 2026-03-09 29485 112 29487 93 29489 119
83 2026-03-02 29479 105 29482 78 29483 68

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 71 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).