Quick SNITCH

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

Name: WordPlodder

TftT NameBletchleyReject
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:52
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
2026-10-08 Thursday 3427 06:37
2026-07-27 Monday 3364 06:39
2024-06-11 Tuesday 2699 06:51
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 06:52

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
113 2026-11-02 3448 67 3449 76 3450 105 3451 140 3452 154
104 2026-10-26 3442 69 3443 88 3444 74 3445 110 3446 203
119 2026-10-19 3436 93 3437 195 3438 125 3440 92
90 2026-10-12 3430 96 3431 88 3432 97 3433 102 3434 83
90 2026-10-05 3424 65 3425 86 3426 72 3427 55 3428 138
112 2026-09-28 3418 58 3419 114 3420 71 3421 148 3422 154

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
118 2026-11-02 3448 93 3449 85 3450 99 3451 134 3452 171
110 2026-10-26 3442 93 3443 101 3444 90 3445 129 3446 170
126 2026-10-19 3436 120 3437 201 3438 128 3440 93
95 2026-10-12 3430 107 3431 94 3432 110 3433 84 3434 97
99 2026-10-05 3424 84 3425 117 3426 85 3427 61 3428 127
118 2026-09-28 3418 96 3419 118 3420 67 3421 145 3422 145

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 132 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).