Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Crooks

TftT Namedcrooks
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:19
SNITCH Correlation0.83

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 05:54
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
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 06:20
2023-03-28 Tuesday 28562 06:33
2024-05-14 Tuesday 28916 06:35
2026-03-02 Monday 29479 06:36
2022-11-28 Monday 28459 06:41

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
109 2026-08-03 29611 70 29612 94 29613 64 29614 188 29615 133
81 2026-07-27 29605 77 29606 83 29607 85
101 2026-07-20 29599 86 29600 82 29603 135
58 2026-07-06 29587 50 29588 67
112 2026-06-29 29582 88 29583 91 29584 142 29585 128

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
118 2026-08-03 29611 116 29612 125 29613 92 29614 162 29615 95
106 2026-07-27 29605 122 29606 106 29607 92
107 2026-07-20 29599 121 29600 94 29603 106
95 2026-07-06 29587 100 29588 91
102 2026-06-29 29582 96 29583 103 29584 127 29585 84

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 78 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).