Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mudge

TftT NameMudge
Solver Typereference
Average Time25:02
SNITCH Correlation0.64

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-09-09 Tuesday 29330 06:49
2026-04-13 Monday 29515 09:14
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 10:04
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 10:28
2026-08-05 Wednesday 29613 10:58
2024-01-29 Monday 28825 11:06
2025-02-04 Tuesday 29144 11:29
2026-04-20 Monday 29521 11:47
2026-08-30 Sunday 5231 11:50
2024-03-05 Tuesday 28856 11:51

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2026-11-09 29695 55 29696 80 29697 132
110 2026-11-02 29690 68 29691 178 29692 85
90 2026-10-26 29683 60 29684 133 29685 76 29686 92
115 2026-10-19 29679 123 29680 108
100 2026-10-12 29671 74 29672 58 29674 118 29675 151
97 2026-10-05 29666 69 29667 76 29668 187
104 2026-09-28 29659 67 29660 78 29661 117 29662 154

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
82 2026-11-09 29695 56 29696 69 29697 122
103 2026-11-02 29690 78 29691 143 29692 90
112 2026-10-26 29683 101 29684 168 29685 79 29686 103
129 2026-10-19 29679 153 29680 105
91 2026-10-12 29671 96 29672 72 29674 109 29675 90
96 2026-10-05 29666 86 29667 71 29668 161
105 2026-09-28 29659 87 29660 86 29661 131 29662 116

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 101 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Mudge. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).