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
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2026-06-29 3340 66 3341 68 3342 137 3344 98
94 2026-06-22 3334 69 3335 98 3336 88 3337 94 3338 102
100 2026-06-15 3328 64 3329 107 3330 85 3331 120 3332 97
105 2026-06-08 3322 87 3323 71 3324 86 3325 87 3326 144
100 2026-06-01 3316 72 3317 70 3318 131 3319 85 3320 116

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
101 2026-06-29 3340 110 3341 86 3342 133 3344 87
99 2026-06-22 3334 72 3335 125 3336 88 3337 93 3338 100
100 2026-06-15 3328 94 3329 104 3330 100 3331 101 3332 105
107 2026-06-08 3322 97 3323 78 3324 91 3325 100 3326 142
99 2026-06-01 3316 96 3317 76 3318 112 3319 92 3320 127

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 130 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).