Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time39:08
SNITCH Correlation0.78

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
116 2026-07-13 29593 106 29594 93 29595 120 29597 145
96 2026-07-06 29587 38 29588 59 29589 143 29590 147 29591 94
77 2026-06-29 29582 80 29583 74
94 2026-06-22 29575 77 29576 62 29577 128 29578 97 29579 106
83 2026-06-15 29569 50 29570 61 29571 95 29572 102 29573 108
77 2026-06-08 29563 37 29564 56 29565 93 29566 98 29567 102
79 2026-06-01 29557 45 29558 60 29559 112 29560 85 29561 95

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
116 2026-07-13 29593 129 29594 83 29595 142 29597 113
91 2026-07-06 29587 76 29588 80 29589 96 29590 126 29591 77
85 2026-06-29 29582 87 29583 84
112 2026-06-22 29575 124 29576 98 29577 133 29578 108 29579 99
96 2026-06-15 29569 92 29570 82 29571 104 29572 98 29573 106
91 2026-06-08 29563 77 29564 80 29565 103 29566 102 29567 94
97 2026-06-01 29557 75 29558 75 29559 128 29560 82 29561 125

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).