Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:25
SNITCH Alignment1.23

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
2025-02-03 Monday 29143 08:09
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 08:17

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
101 2025-08-18 29311 90 29315 113
87 2025-08-11 29305 59 29306 106 29308 97
115 2025-08-04 29299 141 29300 74 29302 70 29303 177
123 2025-07-28 29296 139
101 2025-07-21 29288 82 29289 80 29290 138
137 2025-07-14 29281 117 29282 123 29283 147 29285 185
106 2025-07-07 29275 44 29276 86 29277 82 29278 94 29279 258
67 2025-06-30 29269 63 29270 50 29271 71 29272 87

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
119 2025-08-18 29311 136 29315 103
97 2025-08-11 29305 103 29306 110 29308 80
107 2025-08-04 29299 138 29300 92 29302 79 29303 119
112 2025-07-28 29296 140
95 2025-07-21 29288 100 29289 115 29290 76
126 2025-07-14 29281 132 29282 123 29283 133 29285 146
98 2025-07-07 29275 57 29276 122 29277 112 29278 88 29279 148
83 2025-06-30 29269 92 29270 76 29271 84 29272 82

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 128 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).