Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: The Caffeine Kid

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:30
SNITCH Correlation0.61

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2021-11-02 Tuesday 28124 08:40
2025-03-06 Thursday 29170 10:00
2024-04-09 Tuesday 28886 10:01
2020-12-29 Tuesday 27860 10:03
2023-04-05 Wednesday 28569 10:04
2025-02-10 Monday 29149 10:12
2026-01-12 Monday 29437 10:24
2026-08-17 Monday 29623 10:26
2024-11-18 Monday 29077 10:43
2026-08-24 Monday 29629 10:43

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-11-09 29696 109 29697 105 29698 95
74 2026-11-02 29689 83 29690 77 29692 65 29693 73
81 2026-10-26 29683 57 29684 89 29685 84 29686 96
93 2026-10-19 29678 96 29679 83 29680 89 29681 84
77 2026-10-12 29673 90 29674 87
97 2026-10-05 29666 75 29667 89 29669 128
78 2026-09-28 29659 69 29660 93 29663 74

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2026-11-09 29696 94 29697 98 29698 85
84 2026-11-02 29689 102 29690 88 29692 69 29693 78
100 2026-10-26 29683 96 29684 112 29685 87 29686 107
86 2026-10-19 29678 112 29679 103 29680 87 29681 49
86 2026-10-12 29673 98 29674 80
86 2026-10-05 29666 93 29667 83 29669 82
92 2026-09-28 29659 89 29660 103 29663 85

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 108 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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