Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Bourne

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time23:42
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
66 2026-08-31 29635 66
111 2026-08-24 29632 111
94 2026-08-10 29617 77 29620 112
102 2026-08-03 29611 53 29615 152

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
94 2026-08-31 29635 94
100 2026-08-24 29632 100
104 2026-08-10 29617 104 29620 104
98 2026-08-03 29611 88 29615 109

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 46 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).