Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:12
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
2026-08-17 Monday 29623 08:03
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 08:06

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
71 2026-09-14 29647 63 29648 80
113 2026-09-07 29642 100 29643 168 29644 71
118 2026-08-31 29635 58 29636 84 29637 140 29638 172 29639 194
118 2026-08-24 29629 59 29631 120 29632 135 29633 159
91 2026-08-17 29623 47 29624 79 29625 105 29626 126
96 2026-08-10 29617 110 29618 75 29619 117 29620 88
116 2026-08-03 29611 117 29613 66 29614 126 29615 151

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
80 2026-09-14 29647 72 29648 89
115 2026-09-07 29642 100 29643 154 29644 91
121 2026-08-31 29635 82 29636 105 29637 142 29638 163 29639 163
415 2026-08-24 29629 101 29631 1333 29632 121 29633 108
99 2026-08-17 29623 78 29624 101 29625 110 29626 109
123 2026-08-10 29617 148 29618 127 29619 158 29620 82
119 2026-08-03 29611 195 29613 95 29614 108 29615 108

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 100 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).