Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:49
SNITCH Correlation0.78

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
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 08:06
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 08:07

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
79 2026-07-13 29593 85 29595 66 29596 86
118 2026-07-06 29587 52 29589 155 29591 147
73 2026-06-29 29581 56
100 2026-06-22 29575 85 29577 90 29578 126 29579 118
104 2026-06-15 29569 79 29571 63 29572 120 29573 154
96 2026-06-08 29563 52 29565 154 29566 79 29567 133
93 2026-06-01 29557 57 29558 80 29559 98 29561 70

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
91 2026-07-13 29593 103 29595 78 29596 94
109 2026-07-06 29587 104 29589 104 29591 121
89 2026-06-29 29581 90
112 2026-06-22 29575 137 29577 93 29578 141 29579 110
120 2026-06-15 29569 146 29571 69 29572 115 29573 152
112 2026-06-08 29563 108 29565 171 29566 82 29567 123
107 2026-06-01 29557 95 29558 100 29559 112 29561 92

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 84 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).