Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: barracuda

TftT Namebarracuda
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:25
SNITCH Alignment0.74

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
117 2025-07-14 29282 117
98 2025-07-07 29275 59 29277 69 29278 98 29279 168
70 2025-06-30 29269 75 29270 54 29271 83
110 2025-06-23 29263 66 29264 95 29265 107 29266 115 29267 170
110 2025-06-16 29257 67 29258 78 29260 124 29261 171
89 2025-06-09 29251 58 29252 58 29254 102 29255 138
105 2025-06-02 29245 67 29246 91 29247 132 29248 89 29249 147

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
118 2025-07-14 29282 118
89 2025-07-07 29275 77 29277 94 29278 92 29279 96
97 2025-06-30 29269 110 29270 83 29271 98
99 2025-06-23 29263 104 29264 104 29265 107 29266 95 29267 85
99 2025-06-16 29257 82 29258 93 29260 110 29261 114
95 2025-06-09 29251 93 29252 82 29254 100 29255 105
121 2025-06-02 29245 117 29246 122 29247 132 29248 114 29249 120

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 87 correct entries

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).