Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pterodactyl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:30
SNITCH Correlation0.68

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
94 2026-08-31 29635 106 29636 82
99 2026-08-24 29629 80 29630 93 29631 77 29633 149
113 2026-08-17 29623 63 29624 96 29625 101 29626 115 29627 191
79 2026-08-10 29617 84 29619 75
112 2026-08-03 29611 103 29613 72 29614 153

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
124 2026-08-31 29635 149 29636 100
310 2026-08-24 29629 137 29630 147 29631 855 29633 102
112 2026-08-17 29623 105 29624 123 29625 106 29626 100 29627 130
107 2026-08-10 29617 113 29619 101
125 2026-08-03 29611 171 29613 104 29614 131

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 76 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).