Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:29
SNITCH Alignment1.18

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
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 08:07
2025-02-03 Monday 29143 08:09

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
137 2025-10-20 29365 131 29366 74 29367 89 29369 256
109 2025-10-13 29360 103 29361 216 29362 56 29363 98
114 2025-10-06 29353 104 29355 79 29356 108 29357 159
97 2025-09-29 29347 46 29348 84 29349 107 29350 113 29351 135
93 2025-09-22 29341 85 29342 79 29343 98 29344 97
72 2025-09-08 29329 69 29331 75
69 2025-09-01 29324 102 29325 65 29326 55 29327 56

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
120 2025-10-20 29365 181 29366 80 29367 97 29369 123
114 2025-10-13 29360 114 29361 174 29362 86 29363 100
112 2025-10-06 29353 125 29355 97 29356 122 29357 111
112 2025-09-29 29347 93 29348 116 29349 152 29350 106 29351 93
106 2025-09-22 29341 108 29342 121 29343 103 29344 116
85 2025-09-08 29329 87 29331 84
80 2025-09-01 29324 115 29325 83 29326 66 29327 57

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 125 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).