Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Dr Dolittle

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time38:07
SNITCH Correlation0.81

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-01-14 Sunday 5094 03:39
2024-02-20 Tuesday 28844 03:40
2024-04-05 Friday 28883 03:52
2024-03-15 Friday 28865 04:05
2024-03-24 Sunday 5104 04:09
2023-12-19 Tuesday 28790 04:13
2024-01-09 Tuesday 28808 04:14
2024-01-19 Friday 28817 04:17
2024-01-02 Tuesday 28802 04:22
2025-01-05 Sunday 5145 04:22

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
67 2026-07-27 29605 46 29606 55 29608 83 29609 85
93 2026-07-20 29599 62 29600 54 29601 94 29602 164
101 2026-07-13 29593 74 29595 68 29596 116 29597 147
139 2026-07-06 29591 139
79 2026-06-29 29581 44 29582 70 29583 62 29584 110 29585 112

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
79 2026-07-27 29605 73 29606 70 29608 84 29609 91
100 2026-07-20 29599 87 29600 62 29601 113 29602 138
103 2026-07-13 29593 90 29595 80 29596 128 29597 114
114 2026-07-06 29591 114
77 2026-06-29 29581 70 29582 76 29583 70 29584 99 29585 74

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 77 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Dr Dolittle. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).