Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Pootle

TftT NamePootle
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:13
SNITCH Alignment1.22

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 05:42
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 06:06
2026-04-20 Monday 29521 06:17
2021-11-30 Tuesday 28148 06:17
2026-03-30 Monday 29503 06:23
2022-11-07 Monday 28441 06:26
2026-02-02 Monday 29455 06:28
2025-07-21 Monday 29287 06:33
2022-06-13 Monday 28315 06:35
2024-10-17 Thursday 29050 06:37

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
87 2026-05-25 29551 80 29552 70 29554 111
88 2026-05-18 29546 82 29547 95
96 2026-05-11 29540 97 29543 96
91 2026-05-04 29533 46 29537 136
77 2026-04-27 29527 56 29528 66 29530 109
105 2026-04-20 29521 41 29523 149 29524 125
83 2026-04-13 29515 59 29516 77 29517 115
66 2026-04-06 29509 53 29510 79
65 2026-03-30 29503 42 29504 87 29506 68

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
120 2026-05-25 29551 129 29552 104 29554 127
102 2026-05-18 29546 102 29547 103
97 2026-05-11 29540 112 29543 83
110 2026-05-04 29533 93 29537 127
101 2026-04-27 29527 96 29528 95 29530 114
112 2026-04-20 29521 73 29523 133 29524 132
122 2026-04-13 29515 105 29516 128 29517 133
96 2026-04-06 29509 77 29510 116
97 2026-03-30 29503 64 29504 127 29506 100

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 85 correct entries

Monthly average times

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