Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mudge

TftT NameMudge
Solver Typereference
Average Time28:51
SNITCH Correlation0.79

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
2024-01-29 Monday 28825 11:06
2025-02-04 Tuesday 29144 11:29
2026-04-20 Monday 29521 11:47
2024-03-05 Tuesday 28856 11:51
2024-03-18 Monday 28867 12:11
2025-09-30 Tuesday 29348 12:22

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
101 2026-07-06 29587 36 29588 55 29589 212
103 2026-06-29 29581 52 29582 102 29583 107 29584 46 29585 208
84 2026-06-22 29575 46 29576 71 29577 127 29578 73 29579 105
80 2026-06-15 29569 41 29570 97 29571 92 29572 93
78 2026-06-08 29563 33 29565 136 29567 67
63 2026-06-01 29557 54 29558 68 29559 75 29561 56

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
96 2026-07-06 29587 72 29588 75 29589 142
98 2026-06-29 29581 83 29582 112 29583 121 29584 41 29585 137
99 2026-06-22 29575 74 29576 112 29577 132 29578 82 29579 98
99 2026-06-15 29569 75 29570 131 29571 101 29572 89
93 2026-06-08 29563 68 29565 151 29567 62
83 2026-06-01 29557 90 29558 85 29559 86 29561 73

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 86 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).