Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Pootle

TftT NamePootle
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:29
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
2021-11-30 Tuesday 28148 06:17
2026-04-20 Monday 29521 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
85 2026-07-27 29605 53 29607 129 29608 73
211 2026-07-20 29602 149 29603 273
116 2026-07-13 29593 108 29595 73 29596 113 29597 172
57 2026-07-06 29587 43 29588 72
86 2026-06-29 29581 37 29583 110 29584 113

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
99 2026-07-27 29605 84 29607 140 29608 74
170 2026-07-20 29602 126 29603 214
119 2026-07-13 29593 131 29595 86 29596 125 29597 134
92 2026-07-06 29587 86 29588 98
95 2026-06-29 29581 59 29583 125 29584 101

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 73 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).