Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:00
SNITCH Alignment1.04

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
76 2026-06-01 29557 57 29558 80 29559 98 29561 70
68 2026-05-25 29551 52 29554 84
84 2026-05-18 29545 79 29546 88 29547 84
185 2026-05-11 29541 185
77 2026-05-04 29533 46 29534 83 29536 84 29537 98
92 2026-04-27 29527 61 29528 93 29529 58 29530 105 29531 164

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
99 2026-06-01 29557 95 29558 100 29559 112 29561 92
89 2026-05-25 29551 83 29554 96
101 2026-05-18 29545 116 29546 110 29547 91
205 2026-05-11 29541 205
102 2026-05-04 29533 93 29534 122 29536 102 29537 91
110 2026-04-27 29527 105 29528 134 29529 81 29530 110 29531 129

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 80 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).