Automated cryptic crossword solvers

Helen and I successfully completed yesterday's Guardian crossword. It wasn't especially difficult, but we are especially slow sometimes. I posted on FB, and was asked whether it would be quicker to write a program to solve crosswords. I was pointed to an automated solver for cryptic crosswords, and decided to try out the free trial version. Here are the results. I think it'll be a while before AI catches up with this quiet weekend pursuit.

clue	rank	top	guess	score	explanation	clue
Correct: top guess was correct answer
1A	1	-	-	98%	full	Engineer in a car plant (6)
22A	1	-	-	49%	part	A lack of publicity about illness? That’s OK (3,3)
24A	1	-	-	85%	good	Order to reps in certain retail outlet (10)
6D	1	-	-	94%	full	Actor takes time reading a play (9)
16D	1	-	-	71%	part	Break a saucer? Dash it! (7)
Nearly correct: correct answer in top 8 guesses
4A	2	76%	REBUFF	6%	-	Setback after spring floods (6)
9A	2	70%	MEET	30%	-	Bugs running risk (4)
10A	4	13%	HOVERCRAFT	7%	-	Reserve disappearing with this vessel? (10)
20D	5	75%	CRESTS	<1%	-	It supports lots of lines in port (6)
11A	6	28%	GIBBET	3%	-	Outlaw hugging a Big Apple tree (6)
15A	7	98%	KIEL	<1%	-	Accommodation like leisure centre (4)
25A	7	27%	BAIT	1%	-	A bit of humidity in the south of France (4)
13A	8	52%	BUTTERFLY	<1%	-	Fighter pilot with boat crew (9)
Guesses did include correct answer
5D	11	33%	ANSWER	<1%	-	Do without current correspondence (6)
23D	12	27%	HINGE	<1%	-	Private plaything entertaining same-sex couple? (5)
16A	17	24%	FLIP	<1%	-	Drink that’s put in the oven? (4)
2D	39	28%	KARNA	<1%	-	Cockney hurried, initially revealing name and rank (5)
Guesses did not include correct answer
3D	-	34%	INSIDER	-	-	Church leader in Ireland not in favour of red (7)
12A	-	61%	GROINING	-	-	Toad, ignoring Jack and Edward, chewed the fat (8)
17A	-	5%	ANOESTRUS	-	-	Happy state suggests one with half of Guinness (9)
26A	-	24%	UPCAST	-	-	An ecclesiastic high-up like a llama? (6)
27A	-	46%	THE LAW	-	-	Copper reported parting words (3,3)
1D	-	57%	INCURVE	-	-	Familiar ground following cut in postal service (7)
7D	-	3%	WILDCAT	-	-	Cat basket finally grabbed by cardinals (7)
14D	-	78%	TOUCHDOWN	-	-	Come to play cricket for Yorkshire city (9)
18D	-	75%	WHENCES	-	-	Not affected as engineers (7)
19D	-	84%	REDHEAD	-	-	Animal in revolutionary American prison (7)
Program refused to make a guess
21A	-	-	-	-	-	Worker not happy with reinforcement (6,2)
8D	-	-	-	-	-	Jellied eels for starters — seafood devoured by male model (4,9)