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
128 2026-09-28 29660 124 29662 160 29663 102
131 2026-09-21 29654 111 29655 75 29656 160 29657 180
90 2026-09-14 29647 83 29648 80 29650 101 29651 98
106 2026-09-07 29641 119 29643 87 29644 94 29645 126
93 2026-08-31 29636 76 29638 111

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
124 2026-09-28 29660 137 29662 121 29663 114
110 2026-09-21 29654 108 29655 83 29656 152 29657 100
99 2026-09-14 29647 95 29648 91 29650 101 29651 112
102 2026-09-07 29641 117 29643 79 29644 120 29645 93
100 2026-08-31 29636 95 29638 105

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 79 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).