Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: barracuda

TftT Namebarracuda
Solver Typereference
Average Time30:32
SNITCH Correlation0.85

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
84 2026-07-06 29588 73 29591 95
80 2026-06-29 29581 51 29582 98 29583 79 29584 82 29585 93
65 2026-06-22 29575 42 29576 55 29577 65 29578 73 29579 89
66 2026-06-15 29570 48 29571 77 29573 75
55 2026-06-08 29563 33 29565 65 29566 69
62 2026-06-01 29557 47 29558 70 29559 72 29561 59

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
88 2026-07-06 29588 100 29591 77
82 2026-06-29 29581 82 29582 107 29583 89 29584 73 29585 61
76 2026-06-22 29575 67 29576 87 29577 67 29578 82 29579 83
74 2026-06-15 29570 64 29571 84 29573 74
70 2026-06-08 29563 68 29565 72 29566 71
81 2026-06-01 29557 78 29558 87 29559 82 29561 77

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 67 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).