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 Alignment1.23

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
2021-11-30 Tuesday 28148 06:17
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
2026-01-12 Monday 29437 06:37
2024-10-17 Thursday 29050 06:37
2025-04-30 Wednesday 29217 06:41

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
51 2026-02-02 29455 42 29457 60
122 2026-01-26 29449 62 29451 129 29453 176
146 2026-01-19 29444 137 29445 102 29447 201
111 2026-01-12 29437 43 29438 136 29440 156
85 2026-01-05 29431 79 29432 75 29433 106 29434 82
88 2025-12-29 29425 60 29426 104 29427 91 29428 98

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
64 2026-02-02 29455 65 29457 63
116 2026-01-26 29449 81 29451 153 29453 114
120 2026-01-19 29444 148 29445 95 29447 119
114 2026-01-12 29437 75 29438 154 29440 113
95 2026-01-05 29431 98 29432 96 29433 90 29434 96
94 2025-12-29 29425 69 29426 116 29427 90 29428 102

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 87 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).