Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Dr Dolittle

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time37:48
SNITCH Alignment0.81

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
111 2025-07-28 29293 65 29294 158
197 2025-07-21 29289 100 29290 316 29291 175
145 2025-07-14 29281 61 29282 94 29284 112 29285 316
77 2025-06-30 29270 73 29272 81

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
99 2025-07-28 29293 90 29294 108
128 2025-07-21 29289 144 29290 174 29291 68
131 2025-07-14 29281 69 29282 94 29284 112 29285 250
94 2025-06-30 29270 112 29272 76

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 40 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).