Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Pootle

TftT NamePootle
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:45
SNITCH Correlation0.76

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
119 2026-11-02 29690 110 29692 125 29693 123
81 2026-10-26 29683 64 29684 80 29687 100
108 2026-10-19 29677 75 29678 80 29681 171
85 2026-10-12 29671 62 29672 84 29674 110
101 2026-10-05 29665 68 29666 80 29667 107 29668 150
134 2026-09-28 29661 147 29662 148 29663 108

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
129 2026-11-02 29690 126 29692 132 29693 130
99 2026-10-26 29683 108 29684 101 29687 88
101 2026-10-19 29677 111 29678 94 29681 100
95 2026-10-12 29671 80 29672 105 29674 101
105 2026-10-05 29665 94 29666 100 29667 100 29668 129
133 2026-09-28 29661 165 29662 112 29663 124

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 89 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).