Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time40:17
SNITCH Alignment1.23

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
86 2025-09-01 29323 55 29324 68 29325 136 29326 83 29327 92
118 2025-08-25 29317 44 29318 50 29319 77 29320 127 29321 296
96 2025-08-18 29311 69 29312 98 29313 41 29314 139 29315 134
154 2025-08-11 29305 37 29306 89 29307 180 29308 171 29309 295
92 2025-08-04 29299 95 29300 54 29301 43 29302 96 29303 176
100 2025-07-28 29293 59 29294 115 29295 102 29296 112 29297 115

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
110 2025-09-01 29323 84 29324 78 29325 194 29326 100 29327 96
101 2025-08-25 29317 68 29318 73 29319 91 29320 128 29321 148
104 2025-08-18 29311 104 29312 122 29313 53 29314 124 29315 121
121 2025-08-11 29305 64 29306 92 29307 136 29308 141 29309 175
91 2025-08-04 29299 93 29300 67 29301 70 29302 109 29303 118
98 2025-07-28 29293 81 29294 79 29295 122 29296 113 29297 98

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 108 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).