Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: David Crooks

TftT Namedcrooks
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:20
SNITCH Alignment1.12

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
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
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
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 06:43
2020-06-11 Thursday 27688 06:45

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2026-03-30 29503 98 29504 92 29506 77
103 2026-03-23 29498 103 29499 73 29500 134
103 2026-03-16 29491 77 29492 80 29493 96 29494 159
113 2026-03-09 29486 87 29487 59 29488 230 29489 77
79 2026-03-02 29479 54 29480 84 29481 101

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
132 2026-03-30 29503 150 29504 135 29506 113
127 2026-03-23 29498 145 29499 108 29500 130
115 2026-03-16 29491 118 29492 103 29493 117 29494 125
108 2026-03-09 29486 89 29487 98 29488 157 29489 88
103 2026-03-02 29479 93 29480 101 29481 117

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 89 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).