Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Pootle

TftT NamePootle
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:10
SNITCH Alignment1.17

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
89 2025-07-14 29281 89
159 2025-07-07 29276 79 29277 77 29278 192 29279 290
106 2025-06-30 29269 87 29270 91 29271 108 29272 140
124 2025-06-23 29263 68 29264 126 29266 106 29267 199
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2025-07-14 29281 100
141 2025-07-07 29276 112 29277 105 29278 181 29279 166
131 2025-06-30 29269 127 29270 140 29271 128 29272 132
107 2025-06-23 29263 107 29264 138 29266 87 29267 99
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

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 102 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).