Quick SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:47
SNITCH Correlation0.66

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
93 2026-08-31 3394 65 3395 60 3396 60 3397 83 3398 118
111 2026-08-24 3388 133 3389 93 3390 93 3391 98 3392 114
102 2026-08-17 3382 99 3383 126 3384 104 3385 98 3386 112
116 2026-08-10 3376 168 3377 98 3378 84 3379 117 3380 93
92 2026-08-03 3370 80 3371 111 3372 70 3374 116

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
95 2026-08-31 3394 98 3395 73 3396 74 3397 94 3398 88
118 2026-08-24 3388 158 3389 105 3390 78 3391 127 3392 140
107 2026-08-17 3382 99 3383 117 3384 122 3385 108 3386 119
113 2026-08-10 3376 176 3377 115 3378 93 3379 101 3380 87
93 2026-08-03 3370 103 3371 99 3372 82 3374 96

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 129 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).