Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pterodactyl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time21:31
SNITCH Correlation0.66

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
89 2026-06-29 29581 86 29582 86 29583 98 29584 86
94 2026-06-22 29575 86 29576 69 29577 119 29578 104
86 2026-06-15 29569 75 29571 98 29572 79 29573 94
78 2026-06-08 29563 47 29567 114
94 2026-06-01 29557 65 29558 88 29559 109 29561 92

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2026-06-29 29581 138 29582 94 29583 111 29584 78
121 2026-06-22 29575 138 29576 109 29577 123 29578 116
103 2026-06-15 29569 138 29571 107 29572 75 29573 93
97 2026-06-08 29563 97 29567 105
112 2026-06-01 29557 108 29558 110 29559 125 29561 121

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 75 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).