Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Groucho

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time10:35
SNITCH Correlation0.92

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
2026-09-21 Monday 29653 06:46
2026-04-14 Tuesday 29516 06:48
2025-04-15 Tuesday 29204 07:09
2025-03-04 Tuesday 29168 07:10
2026-01-12 Monday 29437 07:14
2025-08-26 Tuesday 29318 07:14
2023-07-11 Tuesday 28652 07:15

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-10-05 29665 94 29666 89 29667 128
102 2026-09-28 29659 85 29660 114 29661 111 29663 101
104 2026-09-21 29653 62
99 2026-09-14 29648 87 29649 95 29650 129 29651 95
95 2026-09-07 29641 94 29644 73
105 2026-08-31 29635 73 29636 89 29637 116 29638 116 29639 131

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
117 2026-10-05 29665 130 29666 111 29667 112
119 2026-09-28 29659 110 29660 126 29661 124 29663 116
127 2026-09-21 29653 103
116 2026-09-14 29648 100 29649 120 29650 129 29651 109
108 2026-09-07 29641 93 29644 93
110 2026-08-31 29635 104 29636 111 29637 118 29638 110 29639 110

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 96 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).