Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Bourne

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time23:06
SNITCH Correlation0.93

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 08:26
2025-09-23 Tuesday 29342 08:30
2024-01-15 Monday 28813 08:55
2024-05-02 Thursday 28906 08:57
2025-07-23 Wednesday 29289 09:08
2026-02-16 Monday 29467 09:14
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
53 2026-08-03 29611 53
67 2026-07-27 29605 64 29606 71
140 2026-07-20 29602 140
123 2026-07-13 29596 94 29597 153
148 2026-07-06 29588 99 29589 183 29590 170 29591 140
235 2026-06-29 29585 235

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
88 2026-08-03 29611 88
96 2026-07-27 29605 101 29606 91
118 2026-07-20 29602 118
111 2026-07-13 29596 104 29597 119
129 2026-07-06 29588 135 29589 123 29590 146 29591 115
155 2026-06-29 29585 155

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 45 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).