Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Crooks

TftT Namedcrooks
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:48
SNITCH Alignment0.89

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-08-29 Tuesday 28694 06:04
2022-05-23 Monday 28297 06:07
2025-02-25 Tuesday 29162 06:15
2023-03-28 Tuesday 28562 06:33
2024-05-14 Tuesday 28916 06:35
2022-11-28 Monday 28459 06:41
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 06:43
2020-06-11 Thursday 27688 06:45
2024-07-29 Monday 28981 06:52
2023-07-03 Monday 28645 06:57

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
98 2025-07-21 29287 96 29288 97 29289 101
129 2025-07-14 29285 129
69 2025-07-07 29275 69
97 2025-06-30 29269 95 29270 99
133 2025-06-23 29264 86 29265 122 29266 191
124 2025-06-16 29257 75 29259 114 29260 150 29261 157
87 2025-06-09 29251 76 29254 116
92 2025-06-02 29245 90 29246 79 29248 79 29249 121

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
135 2025-07-21 29287 141 29288 118 29289 146
102 2025-07-14 29285 102
90 2025-07-07 29275 90
145 2025-06-30 29269 139 29270 152
124 2025-06-23 29264 94 29265 122 29266 157
105 2025-06-16 29257 92 29259 92 29260 133 29261 105
112 2025-06-09 29251 122 29254 114
115 2025-06-02 29245 157 29246 106 29248 101 29249 99

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 107 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for David Crooks. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).