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
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
58 2026-07-06 29587 50 29588 67
112 2026-06-29 29582 88 29583 91 29584 142 29585 128
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
95 2026-07-06 29587 100 29588 91
102 2026-06-29 29582 96 29583 103 29584 127 29585 84
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

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 79 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).