Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Groucho

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:33
SNITCH Correlation0.87

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 06:25
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 06:31
2026-06-15 Monday 29569 06:41
2026-04-14 Tuesday 29516 06:48
2025-04-15 Tuesday 29204 07:09
2025-03-04 Tuesday 29168 07:10
2025-08-26 Tuesday 29318 07:14
2026-01-12 Monday 29437 07:14
2023-07-11 Tuesday 28652 07:15
2026-04-20 Monday 29521 07:23

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2026-07-13 29593 82 29594 128 29595 92 29596 100
135 2026-07-06 29590 135
101 2026-06-29 29581 73 29583 86 29584 122
95 2026-06-22 29575 81 29576 70 29577 108 29578 97 29579 120
91 2026-06-15 29569 56 29571 95 29572 118 29573 98
86 2026-06-08 29563 55 29564 77 29565 92 29566 100 29567 102
90 2026-06-01 29557 71 29558 88 29559 84 29560 104 29561 79

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
108 2026-07-13 29593 100 29594 114 29595 109 29596 111
116 2026-07-06 29590 116
118 2026-06-29 29581 117 29583 97 29584 109
114 2026-06-22 29575 130 29576 111 29577 112 29578 108 29579 112
104 2026-06-15 29569 103 29571 104 29572 113 29573 97
105 2026-06-08 29563 114 29564 110 29565 102 29566 104 29567 94
104 2026-06-01 29557 118 29558 110 29559 96 29560 100 29561 103

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 97 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Groucho. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).