Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Dr Dolittle

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time45:04
SNITCH Alignment0.88

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
78 2025-10-06 29354 78
70 2025-09-29 29347 36 29348 57 29350 119
135 2025-09-22 29341 64 29343 76 29344 61 29345 342
77 2025-09-15 29336 95 29337 48 29338 90
57 2025-09-08 29330 19 29332 95
43 2025-09-01 29323 43

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2025-10-06 29354 89
88 2025-09-29 29347 73 29348 79 29350 112
131 2025-09-22 29341 82 29343 80 29344 73 29345 292
81 2025-09-15 29336 95 29337 69 29338 81
57 2025-09-08 29330 21 29332 93
66 2025-09-01 29323 66

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 46 correct entries

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).