Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: pterodactyl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time21:50
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
65 2026-03-30 29503 66 29506 65
95 2026-03-23 29497 97 29499 93 29500 97
108 2026-03-16 29493 67 29494 126 29495 133
77 2026-03-09 29487 64 29489 91
72 2026-03-02 29480 72

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
98 2026-03-30 29503 101 29506 95
120 2026-03-23 29497 129 29499 138 29500 94
94 2026-03-16 29493 81 29494 99 29495 103
105 2026-03-09 29487 106 29489 104
86 2026-03-02 29480 86

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 72 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).