Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Pootle

TftT NamePootle
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:08
SNITCH Correlation0.81

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-06-29 Monday 29581 05:23
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 05:42
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 06:06
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 06:07
2026-04-20 Monday 29521 06:17
2021-11-30 Tuesday 28148 06:17
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 06:22
2026-03-30 Monday 29503 06:23
2022-11-07 Monday 28441 06:26
2026-02-02 Monday 29455 06:28

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2026-09-07 29641 112 29644 67
95 2026-08-31 29635 96 29637 100 29638 109 29639 77
85 2026-08-24 29629 51 29630 51 29631 82 29632 78 29633 165
89 2026-08-17 29623 69 29625 70 29626 79 29627 139
112 2026-08-10 29618 65 29619 81 29620 129 29621 176
104 2026-08-03 29611 52 29612 56 29613 107 29614 139 29615 169

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2026-09-07 29641 110 29644 85
101 2026-08-31 29635 137 29637 102 29638 103 29639 64
252 2026-08-24 29629 87 29630 80 29631 911 29632 70 29633 113
87 2026-08-17 29623 115 29625 73 29626 68 29627 95
125 2026-08-10 29618 110 29619 109 29620 120 29621 162
111 2026-08-03 29611 86 29612 74 29613 155 29614 119 29615 121

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 86 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).