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
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
85 2026-05-25 29551 63 29553 91 29554 95
93 2026-05-18 29545 72 29547 114
62 2026-05-11 29539 62
81 2026-05-04 29534 65 29536 98
82 2026-04-27 29527 70 29528 71 29529 68 29530 119

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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
113 2026-05-25 29551 101 29553 115 29554 109
114 2026-05-18 29545 105 29547 123
119 2026-05-11 29539 119
107 2026-05-04 29534 95 29536 119
110 2026-04-27 29527 120 29528 102 29529 95 29530 125

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 102 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).