Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time41:37
SNITCH Alignment1.0

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
2024-11-06 Wednesday 29067 15:33
2025-08-20 Wednesday 29313 15:46
2023-06-19 Monday 28633 15:50

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
74 2026-05-18 29545 64 29546 85
95 2026-05-11 29539 64 29541 83 29542 104 29543 130
90 2026-05-04 29533 43 29534 107 29535 59 29537 152
80 2026-04-27 29527 54 29528 64 29529 82 29530 105 29531 96
86 2026-04-20 29521 62 29522 62 29523 88 29524 71 29525 149
80 2026-04-13 29515 71 29516 41 29517 73 29518 118 29519 84
84 2026-04-06 29509 62 29510 78 29511 107 29512 66 29513 109
92 2026-03-30 29504 117 29505 70 29506 55 29507 127

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
98 2026-05-18 29545 92 29546 104
108 2026-05-11 29539 123 29541 92 29542 107 29543 113
115 2026-05-04 29533 87 29534 157 29535 76 29537 142
97 2026-04-27 29527 93 29528 92 29529 115 29530 110 29531 75
89 2026-04-20 29521 110 29522 75 29523 78 29524 75 29525 111
97 2026-04-13 29515 126 29516 68 29517 84 29518 119 29519 73
100 2026-04-06 29509 91 29510 114 29511 116 29512 90 29513 90
119 2026-03-30 29504 172 29505 93 29506 80 29507 133

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 138 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).