Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Crooks

TftT Namedcrooks
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:13
SNITCH Alignment0.97

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
2026-03-02 Monday 29479 06:36
2022-11-28 Monday 28459 06:41
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 06:43
2020-06-11 Thursday 27688 06:45

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
84 2026-03-16 29491 77 29492 80 29493 96
113 2026-03-09 29486 87 29487 59 29488 230 29489 77
79 2026-03-02 29479 54 29480 84 29481 101
118 2026-02-23 29474 123 29475 90 29476 143
90 2026-02-16 29467 75 29468 105
97 2026-02-09 29461 65 29463 85 29464 125 29465 114
112 2026-02-02 29455 72 29456 88 29457 137 29458 138 29459 128

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2026-03-16 29491 118 29492 103 29493 115
108 2026-03-09 29486 89 29487 98 29488 157 29489 88
103 2026-03-02 29479 93 29480 101 29481 117
120 2026-02-23 29474 96 29475 118 29476 148
119 2026-02-16 29467 113 29468 126
100 2026-02-09 29461 89 29463 119 29464 90 29465 104
125 2026-02-02 29455 112 29456 100 29457 145 29458 139 29459 133

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 91 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).