Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Crooks

TftT Namedcrooks
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:03
SNITCH Correlation0.82

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 05:54
2025-09-01 Monday 29323 05:58
2023-08-29 Tuesday 28694 06:04
2022-05-23 Monday 28297 06:07
2025-02-25 Tuesday 29162 06:15
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 06:20
2023-03-28 Tuesday 28562 06:33
2024-05-14 Tuesday 28916 06:35
2026-03-02 Monday 29479 06:36
2022-11-28 Monday 28459 06:41

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
125 2026-09-07 29643 125
103 2026-08-31 29635 96 29636 92 29638 123
77 2026-08-24 29629 54 29630 61 29631 72 29632 121
114 2026-08-17 29623 87 29626 105 29627 151
72 2026-08-10 29617 87 29618 60 29619 79 29620 64
109 2026-08-03 29611 70 29612 94 29613 64 29614 188 29615 133

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2026-09-07 29643 114
123 2026-08-31 29635 137 29636 115 29638 117
274 2026-08-24 29629 93 29630 96 29631 800 29632 109
113 2026-08-17 29623 145 29626 91 29627 103
95 2026-08-10 29617 117 29618 101 29619 106 29620 59
118 2026-08-03 29611 116 29612 125 29613 92 29614 162 29615 95

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 79 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).