Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time40:53
SNITCH Alignment0.98

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
102 2026-03-16 29491 116 29492 81 29493 88 29494 124
115 2026-03-09 29486 119 29487 57 29488 175 29489 110
99 2026-03-02 29479 76 29480 65 29481 90 29482 124 29483 144
94 2026-02-23 29473 88 29475 74
106 2026-02-16 29467 85 29468 77 29469 164 29470 109 29471 134
97 2026-02-09 29461 68 29462 81 29463 63 29464 141 29465 133
94 2026-02-02 29455 76 29456 75 29457 101 29458 96 29459 122

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
122 2026-03-16 29491 178 29492 105 29493 107 29494 100
115 2026-03-09 29486 122 29487 95 29488 119 29489 126
113 2026-03-02 29479 131 29480 78 29481 104 29482 131 29483 121
121 2026-02-23 29473 106 29475 97
106 2026-02-16 29467 128 29468 92 29469 127 29470 92 29471 110
103 2026-02-09 29461 93 29462 112 29463 88 29464 102 29465 122
106 2026-02-02 29455 118 29456 85 29457 107 29458 96 29459 127

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 139 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).