Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time37:52
SNITCH Correlation0.72

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-06-06 Tuesday 28622 13:19
2024-01-02 Tuesday 28802 14:02
2025-08-11 Monday 29305 14:16
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 14:35
2023-01-09 Monday 28495 14:42
2025-03-11 Tuesday 29174 14:49
2025-11-01 Saturday 29376 15:00
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 15:02
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 15:06
2024-11-06 Wednesday 29067 15:33

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
101 2026-09-14 29647 107 29649 82 29650 116
127 2026-09-07 29641 111 29643 136 29644 70 29645 193
85 2026-08-31 29635 72 29636 97 29637 76 29638 88
115 2026-08-24 29629 68 29630 65 29631 133 29633 197
116 2026-08-17 29623 69 29625 99 29626 113 29627 185
102 2026-08-10 29617 109 29618 60 29619 120 29620 126 29621 139
80 2026-08-03 29611 49 29612 71 29613 61 29614 108 29615 115

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2026-09-14 29647 122 29649 103 29650 113
116 2026-09-07 29641 109 29643 124 29644 89 29645 142
91 2026-08-31 29635 102 29636 121 29637 77 29638 83
457 2026-08-24 29629 117 29630 103 29631 1477 29633 134
110 2026-08-17 29623 115 29625 104 29626 98 29627 126
120 2026-08-10 29617 147 29618 101 29619 162 29620 117 29621 128
87 2026-08-03 29611 81 29612 94 29613 88 29614 93 29615 82

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 127 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for WordPlodder. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).