Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: barracuda

TftT Namebarracuda
Solver Typereference
Average Time28:06
SNITCH Alignment0.73

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-05-13 Monday 28915 03:55
2018-08-14 Tuesday 27116 07:04
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 07:22
2017-01-09 Monday 26617 07:38
2022-05-23 Monday 28297 07:47
2017-10-03 Tuesday 26846 08:04
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 08:11
2020-07-13 Monday 27715 08:13
2018-03-13 Tuesday 26984 08:42
2021-02-22 Monday 27907 08:48

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
110 2025-09-08 29329 96 29330 102 29331 101 29332 109 29333 146
76 2025-09-01 29323 62 29324 91
112 2025-08-25 29318 61 29321 163
99 2025-08-18 29313 78 29314 87 29315 132
118 2025-08-11 29305 66 29306 129 29308 138 29309 139
93 2025-08-04 29301 60 29302 90 29303 129
112 2025-07-28 29293 63 29294 181 29296 93

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
107 2025-09-08 29329 121 29330 117 29331 113 29332 106 29333 78
99 2025-09-01 29323 95 29324 103
85 2025-08-25 29318 89 29321 81
91 2025-08-18 29313 101 29314 77 29315 120
111 2025-08-11 29305 115 29306 134 29308 114 29309 82
95 2025-08-04 29301 98 29302 102 29303 87
101 2025-07-28 29293 87 29294 124 29296 93

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 85 correct entries

Monthly average times

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