Quick SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:38
SNITCH Correlation0.64

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-05-04 Saturday 2667 02:00
2026-05-14 Thursday 3301 05:52
2025-02-05 Wednesday 2904 06:16
2025-05-13 Tuesday 2987 06:18
2025-11-18 Tuesday 3149 06:34
2026-05-05 Tuesday 3293 06:34
2026-07-27 Monday 3364 06:39
2024-06-11 Tuesday 2699 06:51
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 06:52
2024-05-10 Friday 2672 06:59

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
84 2026-07-27 3364 57 3365 65 3366 69 3367 129 3368 89
83 2026-07-20 3358 72 3359 72 3361 86 3362 87
126 2026-07-13 3352 82 3353 208 3354 116 3355 120 3356 108
99 2026-07-06 3346 81 3347 86 3348 85 3349 114 3350 111
100 2026-06-29 3340 66 3341 68 3342 137 3344 98

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
87 2026-07-27 3364 82 3365 70 3366 75 3367 111 3368 94
88 2026-07-20 3358 87 3359 105 3361 76 3362 88
133 2026-07-13 3352 106 3353 203 3354 119 3355 121 3356 118
102 2026-07-06 3346 112 3347 101 3348 80 3349 100 3350 114
102 2026-06-29 3340 110 3341 86 3342 133 3344 87

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 124 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).