Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time38:01
SNITCH Correlation0.76

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
80 2026-08-03 29611 49 29612 71 29613 61 29614 108 29615 115
94 2026-07-27 29605 76 29606 96 29608 93 29609 111
87 2026-07-20 29599 55 29600 94 29601 84 29602 104 29603 99
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
87 2026-08-03 29611 81 29612 94 29613 88 29614 93 29615 82
114 2026-07-27 29605 120 29606 123 29608 94 29609 119
90 2026-07-20 29599 77 29600 108 29601 101 29602 88 29603 77
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

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 120 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).