Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Crooks

TftT Namedcrooks
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:02
SNITCH Alignment0.87

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-09-01 Monday 29323 05:58
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2026-02-02 29455 72 29456 88 29457 137 29458 138 29459 128
101 2026-01-26 29449 97 29450 106
114 2026-01-19 29445 83 29446 146
119 2026-01-12 29437 79 29438 129 29439 79 29440 192
108 2026-01-05 29432 103 29433 137 29434 86
105 2025-12-29 29428 105

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
125 2026-02-02 29455 112 29456 100 29457 145 29458 139 29459 131
121 2026-01-26 29449 127 29450 116
105 2026-01-19 29445 77 29446 133
124 2026-01-12 29437 138 29438 146 29439 73 29440 140
116 2026-01-05 29432 132 29433 117 29434 101
109 2025-12-29 29428 109

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 92 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).