Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Luke

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:02
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
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
72 2026-11-02 29691 72
51 2026-10-26 29685 51
89 2026-10-19 29679 33 29681 145
102 2026-10-12 29673 25 29674 144 29675 139
92 2026-10-05 29666 80 29669 105
92 2026-09-28 29659 92

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
58 2026-11-02 29691 58
53 2026-10-26 29685 53
62 2026-10-19 29679 41 29681 84
81 2026-10-12 29673 27 29674 133 29675 83
83 2026-10-05 29666 100 29669 67
119 2026-09-28 29659 119

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 48 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).