Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time36:57
SNITCH Alignment1.18

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
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
2023-06-19 Monday 28633 15:50
2024-07-23 Tuesday 28976 15:53
2023-05-23 Tuesday 28610 16:23
2022-07-25 Monday 28351 16:27

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
139 2025-07-21 29287 127 29288 79 29289 84 29291 266
105 2025-07-14 29281 117 29283 133 29284 65 29285 106
105 2025-07-07 29275 106 29276 55 29277 71 29278 111 29279 179
119 2025-06-30 29269 107 29270 117 29271 89 29272 98 29273 187
126 2025-06-23 29263 68 29264 146 29265 147 29266 144
133 2025-06-16 29259 133
96 2025-06-09 29251 63 29252 85 29253 76 29254 96 29255 161

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
126 2025-07-21 29287 186 29288 96 29289 121 29291 103
100 2025-07-14 29281 132 29283 120 29284 65 29285 84
101 2025-07-07 29275 139 29276 78 29277 97 29278 104 29279 102
134 2025-06-30 29269 157 29270 180 29271 105 29272 92 29273 136
133 2025-06-23 29263 107 29264 160 29265 147 29266 119
108 2025-06-16 29259 108
109 2025-06-09 29251 101 29252 121 29253 107 29254 95 29255 122

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 119 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).