Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: barracuda

TftT Namebarracuda
Solver Typereference
Average Time26:15
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
124 2026-11-09 29695 107 29696 142 29697 116 29698 133
80 2026-11-02 29693 80
83 2026-10-26 29683 59 29686 91 29687 101
102 2026-10-19 29678 110 29679 58 29680 79 29681 162
106 2026-10-12 29671 93 29673 100 29675 127
107 2026-10-05 29665 73 29666 89 29667 98 29668 130 29669 148
128 2026-09-28 29660 124 29662 160 29663 102

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2026-11-09 29695 109 29696 123 29697 108 29698 119
86 2026-11-02 29693 86
97 2026-10-26 29683 100 29686 102 29687 89
93 2026-10-19 29678 129 29679 72 29680 77 29681 94
101 2026-10-12 29671 120 29673 109 29675 76
101 2026-10-05 29665 101 29666 111 29667 91 29668 112 29669 94
125 2026-09-28 29660 137 29662 121 29663 117

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 91 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).