Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time40:12
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
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 15:02
2024-11-06 Wednesday 29067 15:33
2025-08-20 Wednesday 29313 15:46

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
37 2026-06-08 29563 37
79 2026-06-01 29557 45 29558 60 29559 112 29560 85 29561 95
91 2026-05-25 29551 45 29552 68 29553 82 29554 112 29555 101
105 2026-05-18 29545 64 29546 85 29547 97 29548 214
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
78 2026-06-08 29563 78
97 2026-06-01 29557 75 29558 75 29559 128 29560 82 29561 125
114 2026-05-25 29551 72 29552 101 29553 103 29554 128 29555 99
113 2026-05-18 29545 94 29546 106 29547 105 29548 187
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

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 136 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).