Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Bourne

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:57
SNITCH Alignment1.32

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
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
2024-08-26 Monday 29005 09:42

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
149 2025-07-14 29285 149
165 2025-06-30 29273 165
89 2025-06-23 29263 68 29265 110
110 2025-06-16 29258 93 29260 128
62 2025-06-09 29251 53 29252 74 29253 59
100 2025-06-02 29247 90 29249 111

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
118 2025-07-14 29285 118
120 2025-06-30 29273 120
108 2025-06-23 29263 107 29265 110
113 2025-06-16 29258 112 29260 114
91 2025-06-09 29251 85 29252 105 29253 83
90 2025-06-02 29247 90 29249 90

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 44 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).