Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pterodactyl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time21:53
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
96 2026-02-09 29462 101 29463 92
96 2026-02-02 29455 97 29456 86 29457 96 29459 106
122 2026-01-19 29443 127 29444 140 29445 106 29446 115
87 2026-01-12 29437 60 29439 114
117 2026-01-05 29431 117 29432 121 29433 126 29434 127
121 2025-12-29 29425 101 29428 142

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
132 2026-02-09 29462 140 29463 124
115 2026-02-02 29455 151 29456 97 29457 102 29459 110
123 2026-01-19 29443 139 29444 152 29445 99 29446 105
105 2026-01-12 29437 105 29439 105
128 2026-01-05 29431 146 29432 155 29433 107 29434 149
132 2025-12-29 29425 117 29428 147

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 78 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).