Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time18:24
SNITCH Alignment1.01

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
73 2026-04-06 29509 73
88 2026-03-30 29503 78 29504 53 29505 109 29506 72 29507 131
82 2026-03-23 29497 76 29498 72 29499 70 29500 127
104 2026-03-16 29493 77 29494 101 29495 134
113 2026-03-09 29486 133 29487 56 29488 179 29489 86

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2026-04-06 29509 105
116 2026-03-30 29503 120 29504 77 29505 145 29506 105 29507 137
102 2026-03-23 29497 101 29498 101 29499 104 29500 123
91 2026-03-16 29493 93 29494 79 29495 103
112 2026-03-09 29486 137 29487 93 29488 122 29489 98

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 79 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).