Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: barracuda

TftT Namebarracuda
Solver Typereference
Average Time28:04
SNITCH Alignment0.75

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
74 2025-10-06 29353 74
161 2025-09-29 29350 153 29351 169
89 2025-09-22 29341 81 29342 61 29343 84 29345 145
97 2025-09-15 29335 67 29336 108 29337 104 29339 112
110 2025-09-08 29329 96 29330 102 29331 101 29332 109 29333 146
76 2025-09-01 29323 62 29324 91

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2025-10-06 29353 89
130 2025-09-29 29350 144 29351 116
93 2025-09-22 29341 103 29342 93 29343 88 29345 123
112 2025-09-15 29335 97 29336 108 29337 150 29339 94
107 2025-09-08 29329 121 29330 117 29331 113 29332 106 29333 78
99 2025-09-01 29323 95 29324 103

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 84 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).