Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pterodactyl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:22
SNITCH Correlation0.61

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
79 2026-08-10 29617 84 29619 75
109 2026-08-03 29611 103 29613 72 29614 153
89 2026-07-27 29606 78 29609 100
77 2026-07-20 29599 61 29600 76 29601 96
86 2026-07-13 29593 90 29596 83
64 2026-07-06 29587 48 29588 81
89 2026-06-29 29581 86 29582 86 29583 98 29584 86

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-08-10 29617 113 29619 93
135 2026-08-03 29611 171 29613 104 29614 131
103 2026-07-27 29606 100 29609 107
95 2026-07-20 29599 85 29600 87 29601 115
100 2026-07-13 29593 109 29596 92
103 2026-07-06 29587 96 29588 110
105 2026-06-29 29581 138 29582 94 29583 111 29584 77

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 77 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).