Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Crooks

TftT Namedcrooks
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:34
SNITCH Correlation0.79

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
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
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 06:43

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2026-06-22 29575 74 29576 64 29577 96 29578 107 29579 120
72 2026-06-08 29563 46 29564 98
95 2026-06-01 29557 70 29558 96 29559 113 29560 124 29561 75
88 2026-05-25 29553 85 29555 121
103 2026-05-18 29545 88 29546 80 29549 143
115 2026-05-11 29542 115
84 2026-05-04 29533 57 29535 94 29537 103
74 2026-04-27 29527 81 29529 77

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
110 2026-06-22 29575 119 29576 101 29577 100 29578 120 29579 112
117 2026-06-08 29563 95 29564 140
116 2026-06-01 29557 116 29558 120 29559 129 29560 120 29561 98
101 2026-05-25 29553 107 29555 118
109 2026-05-18 29545 129 29546 100 29549 98
118 2026-05-11 29542 118
111 2026-05-04 29533 116 29535 122 29537 96
117 2026-04-27 29527 139 29529 108

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 87 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).