Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pterodactyl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:04
SNITCH Alignment1.18

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
115 2025-08-25 29317 84 29319 122 29320 139
88 2025-08-18 29311 89 29312 70 29313 107
100 2025-08-11 29306 100
106 2025-08-04 29300 90 29301 68 29302 109 29303 158
102 2025-07-28 29293 117 29295 88
79 2025-07-21 29287 77 29289 69
103 2025-07-14 29282 91 29285 115
89 2025-07-07 29275 70 29276 93 29277 106
98 2025-06-30 29270 88 29271 77 29272 129

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
138 2025-08-25 29317 131 29319 145 29320 140
119 2025-08-18 29311 134 29312 87 29313 138
104 2025-08-11 29306 104
113 2025-08-04 29300 112 29301 111 29302 123 29303 106
134 2025-07-28 29293 162 29295 106
96 2025-07-21 29287 113 29289 100
91 2025-07-14 29282 91 29285 91
123 2025-07-07 29275 92 29276 132 29277 145
115 2025-06-30 29270 135 29271 91 29272 121

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 94 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).