Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pterodactyl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time22:03
SNITCH Alignment0.78

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
72 2026-03-02 29480 72
64 2026-02-23 29473 64
96 2026-02-16 29467 62 29468 92 29470 134 29471 99
95 2026-02-09 29462 101 29463 92 29465 94
93 2026-02-02 29455 97 29456 86 29457 96 29459 106

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2026-03-02 29480 85
77 2026-02-23 29473 77
99 2026-02-16 29467 93 29468 110 29470 113 29471 81
118 2026-02-09 29462 140 29463 129 29465 86
107 2026-02-02 29455 151 29456 97 29457 102 29459 110

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 73 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).