Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: birthday girl

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time34:39
SNITCH Correlation0.67

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
89 2026-10-05 29665 89
93 2026-09-28 29659 99 29661 87
63 2026-09-21 29653 63
100 2026-09-14 29647 105 29648 105 29649 90
99 2026-09-07 29643 107 29644 92
125 2026-08-31 29635 102 29636 150 29637 125 29639 125

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
121 2026-10-05 29665 121
112 2026-09-28 29659 128 29661 97
105 2026-09-21 29653 105
117 2026-09-14 29647 120 29648 120 29649 113
107 2026-09-07 29643 98 29644 117
141 2026-08-31 29635 145 29636 187 29637 127 29639 105

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 75 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).