Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Crooks

TftT Namedcrooks
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:49
SNITCH Alignment0.82

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
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
104 2025-12-22 29419 102 29421 65 29422 132 29423 117
100 2025-12-15 29413 86 29414 69 29415 146
101 2025-12-08 29407 92 29408 146 29409 72 29410 95
106 2025-12-01 29401 83 29402 79 29405 158

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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
116 2025-12-22 29419 132 29421 95 29422 125 29423 115
116 2025-12-15 29413 126 29414 95 29415 129
108 2025-12-08 29407 104 29408 118 29409 98 29410 113
116 2025-12-01 29401 123 29402 117 29405 108

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 90 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).