Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Groucho

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time10:49
SNITCH Correlation0.89

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
2026-01-12 Monday 29437 07:14
2025-08-26 Tuesday 29318 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
83 2026-09-07 29641 94 29644 73
105 2026-08-31 29635 73 29636 89 29637 116 29638 116 29639 131
93 2026-08-24 29629 74 29630 73 29631 73 29632 119
108 2026-08-17 29623 66 29624 90 29625 91 29626 125 29627 155
101 2026-08-10 29617 86 29618 74 29619 72 29620 132
93 2026-08-03 29611 69 29612 87 29613 70 29615 149

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2026-09-07 29641 93 29644 92
110 2026-08-31 29635 104 29636 111 29637 118 29638 110 29639 110
262 2026-08-24 29629 127 29630 115 29631 811 29632 107
114 2026-08-17 29623 110 29624 115 29625 95 29626 108 29627 106
119 2026-08-10 29617 116 29618 125 29619 97 29620 123
109 2026-08-03 29611 115 29612 116 29613 101 29615 107

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 99 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).