Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Crooks

TftT Namedcrooks
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:03
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
2026-10-06 Tuesday 29666 06:32
2023-03-28 Tuesday 28562 06:33
2024-05-14 Tuesday 28916 06:35
2026-03-02 Monday 29479 06:36

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
54 2026-10-05 29666 54
88 2026-09-28 29659 86 29660 109 29661 80 29663 78
125 2026-09-07 29643 125
103 2026-08-31 29635 96 29636 92 29638 123

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
67 2026-10-05 29666 67
102 2026-09-28 29659 111 29660 121 29661 89 29663 89
114 2026-09-07 29643 114
123 2026-08-31 29635 137 29636 115 29638 117

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 70 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).