Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Crooks

TftT Namedcrooks
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:40
SNITCH Alignment0.91

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-08-29 Tuesday 28694 06:04
2022-05-23 Monday 28297 06:07
2025-02-25 Tuesday 29162 06:15
2023-03-28 Tuesday 28562 06:33
2024-05-14 Tuesday 28916 06:35
2022-11-28 Monday 28459 06:41
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 06:43
2020-06-11 Thursday 27688 06:45
2024-07-29 Monday 28981 06:52
2023-07-03 Monday 28645 06:57

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
115 2025-08-11 29305 76 29306 93 29307 150 29308 134 29309 125
79 2025-08-04 29300 97 29301 65 29302 76
97 2025-07-28 29293 78 29295 96 29296 113 29297 102
98 2025-07-21 29287 96 29288 97 29289 101
129 2025-07-14 29285 129
69 2025-07-07 29275 69
97 2025-06-30 29269 95 29270 99

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2025-08-11 29305 133 29306 96 29307 113 29308 110 29309 73
104 2025-08-04 29300 121 29301 106 29302 86
106 2025-07-28 29293 108 29295 115 29296 114 29297 87
135 2025-07-21 29287 141 29288 118 29289 146
102 2025-07-14 29285 102
90 2025-07-07 29275 90
145 2025-06-30 29269 139 29270 152

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 93 correct entries

Monthly average times

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