Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time38:06
SNITCH Alignment1.1

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
2024-11-06 Wednesday 29067 15:33
2023-06-19 Monday 28633 15:50
2024-07-23 Tuesday 28976 15:53
2023-05-23 Tuesday 28610 16:23

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
154 2025-08-11 29305 37 29306 89 29307 180 29308 171 29309 295
92 2025-08-04 29299 95 29300 54 29301 43 29302 96 29303 176
100 2025-07-28 29293 59 29294 115 29295 102 29296 112 29297 115
139 2025-07-21 29287 127 29288 79 29289 84 29291 266
105 2025-07-14 29281 117 29283 133 29284 65 29285 106
105 2025-07-07 29275 106 29276 55 29277 71 29278 111 29279 179
119 2025-06-30 29269 107 29270 117 29271 89 29272 98 29273 187

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
121 2025-08-11 29305 64 29306 92 29307 136 29308 141 29309 172
91 2025-08-04 29299 93 29300 67 29301 70 29302 109 29303 118
98 2025-07-28 29293 81 29294 79 29295 122 29296 113 29297 98
124 2025-07-21 29287 186 29288 96 29289 121 29291 103
100 2025-07-14 29281 132 29283 120 29284 65 29285 84
101 2025-07-07 29275 139 29276 78 29277 97 29278 104 29279 102
134 2025-06-30 29269 157 29270 180 29271 105 29272 92 29273 136

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 109 correct entries

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).