Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: barracuda

TftT Namebarracuda
Solver Typereference
Average Time25:56
SNITCH Correlation0.86

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-05-13 Monday 28915 03:55
2018-08-14 Tuesday 27116 07:04
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 07:22
2017-01-09 Monday 26617 07:38
2022-05-23 Monday 28297 07:47
2017-10-03 Tuesday 26846 08:04
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 08:11
2020-07-13 Monday 27715 08:13
2018-03-13 Tuesday 26984 08:42
2021-02-22 Monday 27907 08:48

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
93 2026-08-31 29636 76 29638 111
100 2026-08-24 29631 85 29633 115
118 2026-08-17 29625 101 29627 135
77 2026-08-10 29617 75 29618 58 29619 58 29620 111 29621 86
83 2026-08-03 29611 53 29612 70 29613 60 29614 152

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2026-08-31 29636 95 29638 105
511 2026-08-24 29631 944 29633 78
99 2026-08-17 29625 106 29627 92
91 2026-08-10 29617 101 29618 98 29619 78 29620 103 29621 79
99 2026-08-03 29611 88 29612 93 29613 86 29614 131

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 69 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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