Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: birthday girl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time34:29
SNITCH Correlation0.66

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-08-18 Monday 29311 09:19
2025-08-04 Monday 29299 14:13
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 15:57
2026-01-12 Monday 29437 18:35
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 19:32
2026-08-11 Tuesday 29618 20:08
2025-03-31 Monday 29191 20:30
2025-11-24 Monday 29395 21:02
2026-08-24 Monday 29629 21:07
2025-05-22 Thursday 29236 22:03

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
125 2026-08-31 29635 102 29636 150 29637 125 29639 125
78 2026-08-24 29629 57 29630 63 29631 116
110 2026-08-17 29623 88 29625 132
79 2026-08-10 29617 74 29618 55 29619 73 29620 94 29621 103
81 2026-08-03 29611 65 29612 97 29613 83

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
141 2026-08-31 29635 145 29636 187 29637 127 29639 105
495 2026-08-24 29629 98 29630 100 29631 1288
142 2026-08-17 29623 146 29625 138
94 2026-08-10 29617 100 29618 93 29619 98 29620 87 29621 95
119 2026-08-03 29611 108 29612 129 29613 120

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 78 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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