Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pterodactyl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time18:58
SNITCH Alignment1.11

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
94 2025-09-15 29335 94
130 2025-09-08 29329 113 29330 129 29331 116 29332 165
79 2025-09-01 29324 89 29325 70
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
125 2025-09-15 29335 125
145 2025-09-08 29329 143 29330 148 29331 130 29332 161
95 2025-09-01 29324 101 29325 89
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

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 88 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).