Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Groucho

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time10:46
SNITCH Correlation0.91

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
2026-11-03 Tuesday 29690 07:01
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
130 2026-11-09 29695 99 29696 124 29697 143 29699 156
111 2026-11-02 29689 92 29690 65 29691 129 29692 128 29693 122
104 2026-10-26 29683 78 29684 111 29685 122 29686 102 29687 107
109 2026-10-19 29677 88 29678 101 29679 106 29680 100
118 2026-10-12 29671 79 29672 76 29673 126 29674 157
119 2026-10-05 29665 94 29666 89 29667 128 29668 116
106 2026-09-28 29659 85 29660 114 29661 111 29663 101

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
109 2026-11-09 29695 101 29696 107 29697 133 29699 95
114 2026-11-02 29689 113 29690 74 29691 104 29692 136 29693 131
121 2026-10-26 29683 132 29684 140 29685 127 29686 114 29687 94
126 2026-10-19 29677 131 29678 118 29679 132 29680 98
129 2026-10-12 29671 102 29672 95 29673 138 29674 145
125 2026-10-05 29665 130 29666 111 29667 119 29668 100
126 2026-09-28 29659 110 29660 126 29661 124 29663 116

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 106 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).