Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Bourne

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time23:43
SNITCH Correlation0.94

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
70 2026-10-05 29665 57 29666 83
88 2026-09-28 29660 90 29663 86
97 2026-09-14 29651 97
108 2026-09-07 29642 108
92 2026-08-31 29635 66 29639 119

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2026-10-05 29665 79 29666 100
99 2026-09-28 29660 100 29663 98
111 2026-09-14 29651 111
108 2026-09-07 29642 108
97 2026-08-31 29635 94 29639 100

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 50 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).