Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:34
SNITCH Alignment0.87

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
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
98 2026-04-20 29521 71 29522 97 29523 126 29524 84 29525 113
102 2026-04-13 29515 85 29516 64 29517 91 29518 125 29519 146
88 2026-04-06 29509 73 29510 61 29511 136
88 2026-03-30 29503 78 29504 53 29505 109 29506 72 29507 131

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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
105 2026-04-20 29521 126 29522 118 29523 112 29524 89 29525 84
122 2026-04-13 29515 151 29516 106 29517 105 29518 126 29519 126
102 2026-04-06 29509 107 29510 89 29511 147
116 2026-03-30 29503 120 29504 77 29505 145 29506 105 29507 137

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).