Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time37:25
SNITCH Correlation0.73

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
117 2026-10-05 29665 75 29666 68 29667 208
121 2026-09-28 29659 81 29660 93 29662 242 29663 70
108 2026-09-21 29653 67 29654 88 29655 109 29656 90 29657 186
96 2026-09-14 29647 107 29649 82 29650 116 29651 82
128 2026-09-07 29641 111 29643 136 29644 70 29645 193
85 2026-08-31 29635 72 29636 97 29637 76 29638 88

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
126 2026-10-05 29665 104 29666 85 29667 190
117 2026-09-28 29659 105 29660 103 29662 183 29663 80
101 2026-09-21 29653 111 29654 86 29655 121 29656 85 29657 103
108 2026-09-14 29647 122 29649 103 29650 116 29651 94
123 2026-09-07 29641 109 29643 124 29644 89 29645 142
91 2026-08-31 29635 102 29636 121 29637 77 29638 83

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 123 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).