Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time40:35
SNITCH Alignment1.17

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
2025-08-20 Wednesday 29313 15:46
2023-06-19 Monday 28633 15:50
2024-07-23 Tuesday 28976 15:53

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
66 2025-10-06 29353 66
87 2025-09-29 29347 45 29348 78 29349 63 29350 116 29351 135
86 2025-09-22 29342 71 29343 95 29344 58 29345 105
94 2025-09-15 29335 57 29337 49 29338 90 29339 124
100 2025-09-08 29329 82 29330 126 29331 67 29332 84 29333 143
81 2025-09-01 29323 55 29324 68 29325 136 29327 91

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
79 2025-10-06 29353 79
98 2025-09-29 29347 91 29348 108 29349 90 29350 109 29351 93
89 2025-09-22 29342 109 29343 100 29344 69 29345 89
97 2025-09-15 29335 82 29337 71 29338 81 29339 105
96 2025-09-08 29329 103 29330 144 29331 75 29332 82 29333 76
102 2025-09-01 29323 84 29324 77 29325 174 29327 93

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 115 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).