Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Dr Dolittle

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time35:29
SNITCH Correlation0.67

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-01-14 Sunday 5094 03:39
2024-02-20 Tuesday 28844 03:40
2024-04-05 Friday 28883 03:52
2024-03-15 Friday 28865 04:05
2024-03-24 Sunday 5104 04:09
2023-12-19 Tuesday 28790 04:13
2024-01-09 Tuesday 28808 04:14
2024-01-19 Friday 28817 04:17
2024-01-02 Tuesday 28802 04:22
2025-01-05 Sunday 5145 04:22

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
74 2026-10-19 29678 69 29680 80
102 2026-10-12 29671 65 29672 57 29673 89 29674 78 29675 223
109 2026-10-05 29666 71 29668 147
104 2026-09-28 29659 64 29661 83 29662 167
88 2026-09-14 29648 106 29649 71
96 2026-09-07 29642 68 29643 114 29644 75 29645 127
98 2026-08-31 29635 63 29636 108 29637 102 29638 120 29639 97

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
79 2026-10-19 29678 81 29680 78
91 2026-10-12 29671 84 29672 71 29673 97 29674 72 29675 134
107 2026-10-05 29666 88 29668 126
100 2026-09-28 29659 83 29661 93 29662 126
105 2026-09-14 29648 121 29649 89
90 2026-09-07 29642 68 29643 104 29644 96 29645 94
104 2026-08-31 29635 90 29636 135 29637 104 29638 114 29639 81

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 95 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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