Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Luke

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time28:20
SNITCH Correlation0.76

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
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
2025-04-16 Wednesday 29205 12:44
2026-04-13 Monday 29515 13:30

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
78 2026-07-13 29594 95 29596 61
121 2026-07-06 29591 121
97 2026-06-29 29582 87 29583 89 29584 128 29585 85
105 2026-06-22 29577 114 29579 97

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
75 2026-07-13 29594 84 29596 67
100 2026-07-06 29591 100
91 2026-06-29 29582 95 29583 101 29584 115 29585 56
104 2026-06-22 29577 118 29579 90

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 43 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).