Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Crooks

TftT Namedcrooks
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:53
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
90 2025-10-27 29371 90
94 2025-10-20 29365 85 29366 113 29367 77 29368 104
91 2025-10-13 29359 61 29360 125 29362 62 29363 119
100 2025-10-06 29353 112 29354 89 29355 104 29356 98
80 2025-09-29 29347 62 29348 84 29349 75 29350 99
94 2025-09-22 29342 98 29343 96 29344 88
99 2025-09-15 29335 92 29336 116 29337 79 29338 110
88 2025-09-01 29323 50 29324 127

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
140 2025-10-27 29371 140
112 2025-10-20 29365 118 29366 122 29367 84 29368 125
110 2025-10-13 29359 89 29360 138 29362 95 29363 121
118 2025-10-06 29353 134 29354 102 29355 128 29356 111
110 2025-09-29 29347 126 29348 116 29349 107 29350 93
119 2025-09-22 29342 150 29343 101 29344 106
115 2025-09-15 29335 133 29336 116 29337 114 29338 100
110 2025-09-01 29323 76 29324 144

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 97 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).