Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:50
SNITCH Correlation0.81

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
103 2026-08-03 29611 117 29613 66 29614 126
83 2026-07-27 29606 83
109 2026-07-20 29599 78 29600 84 29601 100 29602 161 29603 132
96 2026-07-13 29593 85 29595 66 29596 86 29597 148
118 2026-07-06 29587 52 29589 155 29591 147
73 2026-06-29 29581 56

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
130 2026-08-03 29611 195 29613 95 29614 100
106 2026-07-27 29606 106
111 2026-07-20 29599 109 29600 96 29601 120 29602 136 29603 103
97 2026-07-13 29593 103 29595 78 29596 95 29597 115
109 2026-07-06 29587 104 29589 104 29591 121
89 2026-06-29 29581 90

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 89 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).