Quick SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:54
SNITCH Alignment0.94

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-05-04 Saturday 2667 02:00
2025-02-05 Wednesday 2904 06:16
2025-05-13 Tuesday 2987 06:18
2025-11-18 Tuesday 3149 06:34
2024-06-11 Tuesday 2699 06:51
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 06:52
2024-05-10 Friday 2672 06:59
2025-07-24 Thursday 3049 07:00
2024-06-24 Monday 2710 07:02
2025-03-13 Thursday 2935 07:03

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
76 2026-03-16 3250 59 3251 87 3252 84
110 2026-03-09 3244 57 3245 109 3246 106 3247 101 3248 127
111 2026-03-02 3238 72 3239 96 3241 84 3242 132
93 2026-02-23 3232 91 3233 76 3234 79 3235 110 3236 89
76 2026-02-16 3226 72 3227 67 3228 95 3230 72
103 2026-02-09 3220 105 3221 114 3222 103 3223 92 3224 81
109 2026-02-02 3214 85 3215 158 3216 106 3217 93 3218 125

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
87 2026-03-16 3250 95 3251 83 3252 85
116 2026-03-09 3244 76 3245 123 3246 111 3247 110 3248 135
115 2026-03-02 3238 91 3239 103 3241 92 3242 137
108 2026-02-23 3232 140 3233 91 3234 95 3235 120 3236 101
82 2026-02-16 3226 85 3227 72 3228 90 3230 66
108 2026-02-09 3220 138 3221 118 3222 109 3223 90 3224 86
102 2026-02-02 3214 87 3215 149 3216 94 3217 82 3218 111

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 160 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).