Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: The Caffeine Kid

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:39
SNITCH Correlation0.56

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
2024-11-18 Monday 29077 10:43
2024-08-21 Wednesday 29001 10:55
2025-06-27 Friday 29267 11:04

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
67 2026-08-03 29611 61 29612 68 29613 73
74 2026-07-27 29606 80 29607 50 29608 82 29609 86
67 2026-07-20 29599 58 29600 63 29601 59 29602 66 29603 93
85 2026-07-13 29593 70 29594 92 29595 79 29596 80 29597 108
86 2026-07-06 29587 52 29588 77 29589 113 29591 103
81 2026-06-29 29581 74 29582 80 29583 90 29584 62 29585 99

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
99 2026-08-03 29611 101 29612 91 29613 105
82 2026-07-27 29606 102 29607 54 29608 83 29609 92
70 2026-07-20 29599 81 29600 72 29601 71 29602 55 29603 73
86 2026-07-13 29593 85 29594 82 29595 94 29596 88 29597 84
92 2026-07-06 29587 104 29588 105 29589 76 29591 85
85 2026-06-29 29581 119 29582 87 29583 102 29584 55 29585 65

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 93 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).