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A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Quick Cryptic Crossword
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Crossword Setters and Difficulty

This table shows an overview of all crossword setters in the database, including how many crosswords they've authored and how difficult their puzzles tend to be.

  • Setter: The name of the person who created the crossword. Click the name to view all their crosswords.
  • Average NITCH: A measure of difficulty, where 100 is average. Higher numbers are harder; lower numbers easier.
  • # Crosswords: The total number of crosswords attributed to that setter.
  • 25th Percentile: 25% of the setter’s crosswords are easier than this value. It gives a sense of their easiest puzzles.
  • Median: 50% of the setter’s crosswords are easier/harder than this value. A difference from the average highlights a skew in the distribution
  • 75th Percentile: 25% of their crosswords are harder than this. It shows how difficult their tougher puzzles are.

You can click on any column header to sort the table by that column. Click again to reverse the order (ascending/descending).

Setter Average NITCH # Crosswords 25th Percentile Median 75th Percentile
Joker 100 102 92 99 110
Teazel 98 95 89 96 107
Mara 92 94 85 92 97
Hurley 94 87 87 93 101
Izetti 97 83 85 95 106
Jalna 99 65 91 100 106
Wurm 96 64 88 95 102
Orpheus 89 55 80 87 97
Pedro 103 51 95 102 110
Trelawney 73 48 67 73 77
Breadman 109 43 98 104 115
Oink 83 42 76 82 88
Felix 100 34 91 101 107
Alex 92 28 82 88 100
Asp 112 25 102 108 121
Pipsqueak 81 23 75 83 90
Cheeko 122 20 110 113 139
Dangle 90 20 84 90 94
Shay 110 17 101 106 115
Juji 100 16 91 96 111
Jimmy 86 16 81 84 89
Beck 98 12 90 96 105
Myles 103 11 93 102 112
Bjorn 111 11 101 113 120
City 105 11 102 110 113
Tango 86 10 76 88 90
Lupa 111 7 102 120 122
Rongo 94 7 85 95 98
Heron 91 6 90 94 95
Peridot 101 6 87 105 116
Juno 109 6 102 108 117
Loon 108 6 101 105 110
Kybos 109 5 105 110 115
Kenny 101 4 94 104 111
Dove 108 4 105 108 111
Corelli 106 4 100 103 110
Alfie 95 2 94 95 95
Frank 101 2 93 101 109
Jet 120 2 115 120 124
Tilt 133 2 128 133 137
Apus 104 2 99 104 108
Des 103 2 99 103 107
Bubbles 84 1 84 84 84
Jaspa 91 1 91 91 91
Hawthorn 106 1 106 106 106
Oran 126 1 126 126 126
Noel 118 1 118 118 118
Marty 89 1 89 89 89