Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pterodactyl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:26
SNITCH Correlation0.64

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
57 2026-10-05 29665 57
107 2026-09-28 29659 67 29660 122 29661 121 29663 109
92 2026-09-21 29653 63 29654 81 29655 81 29656 107 29657 131
101 2026-09-14 29648 91 29649 100 29651 114
87 2026-09-07 29642 87
105 2026-08-31 29635 106 29636 82 29637 135

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
79 2026-10-05 29665 79
116 2026-09-28 29659 87 29660 135 29661 135 29663 125
89 2026-09-21 29653 105 29654 79 29655 90 29656 101 29657 73
120 2026-09-14 29648 104 29649 126 29651 131
87 2026-09-07 29642 87
117 2026-08-31 29635 151 29636 102 29637 137

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 82 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).