Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pterodactyl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:59
SNITCH Correlation0.62

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2017-07-31 Monday 26791 07:54
2020-09-23 Wednesday 27777 08:05
2024-08-26 Monday 29005 08:52
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 09:00
2020-02-12 Wednesday 27585 09:01
2025-03-04 Tuesday 29168 09:29
2024-03-05 Tuesday 28856 09:31
2022-07-25 Monday 28351 09:36
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 09:39
2023-07-03 Monday 28645 09:51

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
84 2026-10-26 29683 85 29684 78 29685 89
82 2026-10-19 29677 73 29678 89 29679 88 29680 80
86 2026-10-12 29671 90 29672 83
57 2026-10-05 29665 57
107 2026-09-28 29659 67 29660 122 29661 121 29663 109

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2026-10-26 29683 144 29684 98 29685 92
100 2026-10-19 29677 108 29678 104 29679 110 29680 78
109 2026-10-12 29671 116 29672 103
79 2026-10-05 29665 79
116 2026-09-28 29659 87 29660 135 29661 135 29663 125

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 81 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for pterodactyl. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).