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
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
51 2026-08-24 29629 51
104 2026-08-17 29623 50 29625 83 29627 180
75 2026-08-10 29617 76 29618 94 29619 62 29620 71 29621 85
91 2026-08-03 29611 61 29612 68 29613 73 29614 113 29615 140
81 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
87 2026-08-24 29629 87
97 2026-08-17 29623 83 29625 87 29627 123
92 2026-08-10 29617 102 29618 159 29619 83 29620 66 29621 78
98 2026-08-03 29611 101 29612 90 29613 105 29614 97 29615 100
85 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 104 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).