Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Luke

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:17
SNITCH Correlation0.81

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-10-15 Wednesday 29361 06:10
2025-10-22 Wednesday 29367 06:45
2024-11-20 Wednesday 29079 06:46
2026-10-14 Wednesday 29673 06:51
2026-10-21 Wednesday 29679 09:15
2025-10-29 Wednesday 29373 09:29
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 11:36
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 11:47
2025-06-23 Monday 29263 11:52
2021-01-29 Friday 27887 12:35

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
33 2026-10-19 29679 33
102 2026-10-12 29673 25 29674 144 29675 139
92 2026-10-05 29666 80 29669 105
92 2026-09-28 29659 92
176 2026-09-21 29657 176
93 2026-09-07 29644 69 29645 117

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
41 2026-10-19 29679 41
81 2026-10-12 29673 27 29674 133 29675 83
83 2026-10-05 29666 100 29669 67
119 2026-09-28 29659 119
98 2026-09-21 29657 98
87 2026-09-07 29644 88 29645 86

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 52 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for David Luke. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).