Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time41:22
SNITCH Alignment1.06

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
106 2025-12-15 29413 76 29414 109 29415 93 29416 97 29417 155
102 2025-12-08 29407 79 29408 89 29409 100 29410 95 29411 149
93 2025-12-01 29402 110 29403 63 29404 74 29405 112
116 2025-11-24 29395 61 29396 75 29397 104 29398 112 29399 232
130 2025-11-17 29389 44 29390 118 29392 109 29393 251
107 2025-11-10 29383 65 29384 121 29385 153 29387 89
100 2025-11-03 29377 120 29378 64 29379 58 29380 121 29381 173

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
107 2025-12-15 29413 111 29414 151 29415 82 29416 85 29417 106
106 2025-12-08 29407 89 29408 72 29409 136 29410 113 29411 123
96 2025-12-01 29402 164 29403 91 29404 59 29405 77
99 2025-11-24 29395 93 29396 97 29397 92 29398 91 29399 126
100 2025-11-17 29389 65 29390 128 29392 104 29393 103
110 2025-11-10 29383 69 29384 168 29385 111 29387 93
100 2025-11-03 29377 117 29378 87 29379 81 29380 113 29381 145

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 132 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).