Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pterodactyl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:48
SNITCH Alignment0.97

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
106 2025-12-08 29409 104 29410 81 29411 134
99 2025-12-01 29401 108 29402 113 29403 77
108 2025-11-24 29395 71 29396 116 29397 104 29398 141
125 2025-11-17 29390 93 29392 157
74 2025-11-10 29384 74
108 2025-11-03 29377 124 29378 92

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
116 2025-12-08 29409 142 29410 96 29411 110
146 2025-12-01 29401 161 29402 168 29403 111
116 2025-11-24 29395 109 29396 150 29397 92 29398 115
125 2025-11-17 29390 101 29392 150
102 2025-11-10 29384 102
123 2025-11-03 29377 121 29378 126

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 77 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).