Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:33
SNITCH Correlation0.75

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
2024-12-17 Tuesday 29102 07:16
2025-02-04 Tuesday 29144 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
150 2026-11-09 29695 163 29696 118 29697 147 29698 85 29699 241
95 2026-11-02 29689 90 29690 78 29691 130 29692 93 29693 84
77 2026-10-26 29683 75 29685 63
117 2026-10-19 29678 74 29679 53 29680 147 29681 217
78 2026-10-12 29673 48
117 2026-10-05 29666 93 29667 81 29668 136 29669 192
98 2026-09-28 29659 68 29660 121 29661 107

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
125 2026-11-09 29695 166 29696 102 29697 137 29698 76 29699 147
98 2026-11-02 29689 111 29690 89 29691 104 29692 98 29693 90
91 2026-10-26 29683 127 29685 65
103 2026-10-19 29678 87 29679 66 29680 144 29681 126
85 2026-10-12 29673 52
105 2026-10-05 29666 116 29667 75 29668 117 29669 123
114 2026-09-28 29659 88 29660 134 29661 120

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 101 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).