Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Pootle

TftT NamePootle
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:19
SNITCH Alignment1.31

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 05:42
2021-11-30 Tuesday 28148 06:17
2022-11-07 Monday 28441 06:26
2022-06-13 Monday 28315 06:35
2024-10-17 Thursday 29050 06:37
2025-04-30 Wednesday 29217 06:41
2023-04-03 Monday 28567 06:48
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 06:57
2024-05-14 Tuesday 28916 07:00
2021-11-15 Monday 28135 07:05

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2025-06-23 29263 68 29264 126 29266 106
113 2025-06-16 29257 99 29258 106 29259 87 29260 161
67 2025-06-09 29251 57 29252 67 29253 68 29254 78
96 2025-06-02 29245 50 29247 128 29248 65 29249 142
119 2025-05-26 29239 72 29240 82 29241 123 29242 201
80 2025-05-19 29233 75 29236 85
92 2025-05-12 29227 88 29229 65 29231 123
89 2025-05-05 29221 90 29222 97 29224 81
74 2025-04-28 29216 102 29217 46

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
109 2025-06-23 29263 107 29264 138 29266 84
115 2025-06-16 29257 122 29258 127 29259 70 29260 143
89 2025-06-09 29251 91 29252 95 29253 95 29254 77
103 2025-06-02 29245 87 29247 128 29248 83 29249 116
137 2025-05-26 29239 110 29240 98 29241 138 29242 203
101 2025-05-19 29233 111 29236 91
96 2025-05-12 29227 101 29229 85 29231 102
109 2025-05-05 29221 125 29222 112 29224 92
81 2025-04-28 29216 97 29217 65

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 106 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).