Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:26
SNITCH Correlation0.77

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
98 2026-09-28 29659 68 29660 121 29661 107
116 2026-09-21 29653 53 29655 114 29656 96 29657 206
88 2026-09-14 29647 63 29648 80 29649 68 29650 102
128 2026-09-07 29642 100 29643 168 29644 71
118 2026-08-31 29635 58 29636 84 29637 140 29638 172 29639 194

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2026-09-28 29659 88 29660 134 29661 120
107 2026-09-21 29653 88 29655 126 29656 91 29657 115
89 2026-09-14 29647 72 29648 91 29649 86 29650 102
127 2026-09-07 29642 100 29643 154 29644 91
121 2026-08-31 29635 82 29636 105 29637 142 29638 163 29639 163

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 98 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).