Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Bourne

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time18:32
SNITCH Alignment1.31

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
86 2025-08-25 29317 78 29318 98 29320 83
125 2025-08-18 29312 80
105 2025-08-11 29308 105
170 2025-07-28 29294 210 29297 130

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
116 2025-08-25 29317 121 29318 144 29320 83
105 2025-08-18 29312 100
86 2025-08-11 29308 86
127 2025-07-28 29294 144 29297 111

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).