Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pterodactyl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:50
SNITCH Alignment0.87

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
121 2025-12-29 29425 101 29428 142
111 2025-12-22 29419 131 29420 86 29421 87 29423 141
124 2025-12-15 29414 124
106 2025-12-08 29409 104 29410 81 29411 134
97 2025-12-01 29401 108 29402 113 29403 77

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
132 2025-12-29 29425 117 29428 147
136 2025-12-22 29419 170 29420 110 29421 127 29423 139
172 2025-12-15 29414 172
116 2025-12-08 29409 142 29410 96 29411 110
129 2025-12-01 29401 161 29402 168 29403 111

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 72 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).