Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Bourne

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time18:10
SNITCH Alignment1.36

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-01-15 Monday 28813 08:55
2024-05-02 Thursday 28906 08:57
2025-07-23 Wednesday 29289 09:08
2024-12-11 Wednesday 29097 09:14
2023-10-16 Monday 28735 09:17
2022-10-17 Monday 28423 09:21
2025-03-04 Tuesday 29168 09:24
2024-12-02 Monday 29089 09:29
2024-11-04 Monday 29065 09:31
2022-11-28 Monday 28459 09:37

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
170 2025-07-28 29294 210 29297 130
50 2025-07-21 29289 50
149 2025-07-14 29285 149
165 2025-06-30 29273 165

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
127 2025-07-28 29294 144 29297 111
72 2025-07-21 29289 72
118 2025-07-14 29285 118
120 2025-06-30 29273 120

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 42 correct entries

Monthly average times

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