Quick SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:57
SNITCH Correlation0.67

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
2026-09-28 Monday 3418 06:56

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2026-09-28 3418 58 3419 114 3420 71 3421 148 3422 154
119 2026-09-21 3413 110 3414 139 3415 103 3416 110
115 2026-09-14 3406 94 3407 74 3408 94 3409 156
137 2026-09-07 3401 214 3402 181 3403 91 3404 89
93 2026-08-31 3394 65 3395 60 3396 60 3397 83 3398 118

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
119 2026-09-28 3418 96 3419 118 3420 67 3421 145 3422 146
109 2026-09-21 3413 100 3414 118 3415 109 3416 118
115 2026-09-14 3406 113 3407 81 3408 104 3409 152
139 2026-09-07 3401 225 3402 194 3403 83 3404 92
95 2026-08-31 3394 98 3395 73 3396 74 3397 94 3398 88

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 127 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).