Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pterodactyl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:41
SNITCH Alignment1.03

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
114 2025-10-06 29353 126 29354 111 29355 107
91 2025-09-29 29348 73 29349 81 29350 121
118 2025-09-22 29341 103 29343 146 29344 106
126 2025-09-15 29335 94 29337 158
130 2025-09-08 29329 113 29330 129 29331 116 29332 165
79 2025-09-01 29324 89 29325 70

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
136 2025-10-06 29353 151 29354 127 29355 132
110 2025-09-29 29348 101 29349 115 29350 114
137 2025-09-22 29341 132 29343 153 29344 127
182 2025-09-15 29335 136 29337 228
145 2025-09-08 29329 143 29330 148 29331 130 29332 161
95 2025-09-01 29324 101 29325 89

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 84 correct entries

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).