Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pterodactyl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time18:30
SNITCH Alignment0.98

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
109 2025-06-02 29246 93 29248 108 29249 126
104 2025-05-26 29239 100 29240 101 29241 97 29242 118
158 2025-05-19 29237 158
88 2025-05-12 29227 104 29229 72
90 2025-05-05 29221 89 29222 105 29223 89 29224 97
117 2025-04-28 29215 71 29217 100 29218 186

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
121 2025-06-02 29246 125 29248 138 29249 102
125 2025-05-26 29239 153 29240 121 29241 108 29242 119
112 2025-05-19 29237 112
106 2025-05-12 29227 119 29229 94
109 2025-05-05 29221 123 29222 122 29223 103 29224 110
127 2025-04-28 29215 102 29217 142 29218 160

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).