Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: barracuda

TftT Namebarracuda
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:30
SNITCH Alignment0.72

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
112 2025-07-28 29293 63 29294 181 29296 93
125 2025-07-21 29288 79 29291 171
124 2025-07-14 29282 117 29283 143 29284 96 29285 141
98 2025-07-07 29275 59 29277 69 29278 98 29279 168
70 2025-06-30 29269 75 29270 54 29271 83

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
101 2025-07-28 29293 87 29294 124 29296 93
81 2025-07-21 29288 96 29291 66
113 2025-07-14 29282 117 29283 130 29284 96 29285 111
89 2025-07-07 29275 77 29277 94 29278 92 29279 96
97 2025-06-30 29269 110 29270 83 29271 98

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 80 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).