Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:44
SNITCH Alignment1.18

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2020-11-17 Tuesday 27824 05:18
2025-02-10 Monday 29149 07:10
2024-08-26 Monday 29005 07:12
2025-02-04 Tuesday 29144 07:16
2024-12-17 Tuesday 29102 07:16
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 07:27
2025-07-07 Monday 29275 07:31
2024-08-05 Monday 28987 07:42
2025-02-03 Monday 29143 08:09
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 08:17

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
72 2025-09-08 29329 69 29331 75
69 2025-09-01 29324 102 29325 65 29326 55 29327 56
85 2025-08-25 29320 85
101 2025-08-18 29311 90 29315 113
87 2025-08-11 29305 59 29306 106 29308 97
115 2025-08-04 29299 141 29300 74 29302 70 29303 177
123 2025-07-28 29296 139

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2025-09-08 29329 87 29331 84
80 2025-09-01 29324 115 29325 83 29326 66 29327 57
85 2025-08-25 29320 85
119 2025-08-18 29311 136 29315 102
97 2025-08-11 29305 103 29306 110 29308 80
107 2025-08-04 29299 138 29300 92 29302 79 29303 119
112 2025-07-28 29296 140

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 120 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Encota. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).