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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 90 92 99 111
Mara 91 83 85 91 96
Teazel 99 82 89 96 107
Izetti 97 76 86 96 106
Hurley 94 76 86 93 102
Jalna 99 55 91 100 106
Orpheus 89 55 80 87 97
Wurm 97 51 90 96 102
Pedro 102 45 95 102 110
Trelawney 74 42 69 74 78
Oink 84 39 76 83 89
Breadman 109 39 97 104 115
Felix 100 34 91 101 107
Alex 92 27 83 89 101
Pipsqueak 82 21 75 83 91
Asp 110 19 101 105 118
Jimmy 86 16 81 84 89
Cheeko 121 16 110 112 139
Dangle 87 14 79 89 93
Juji 99 11 91 96 109
Beck 100 11 93 97 108
Myles 103 11 93 102 112
Shay 116 11 102 111 128
Bjorn 114 9 104 114 126
Lupa 111 7 102 120 122
Rongo 94 7 85 95 98
City 110 6 107 111 113
Juno 109 6 102 108 117
Peridot 97 5 83 100 110
Corelli 106 4 100 103 110
Kenny 101 4 94 104 111
Kybos 112 4 108 112 116
Tango 85 4 75 83 92
Heron 98 3 95 96 100
Loon 113 3 105 109 120
Des 103 2 99 103 107
Alfie 95 2 94 95 95
Jet 120 2 115 120 124
Hawthorn 106 1 106 106 106
Oran 126 1 126 126 126
Apus 95 1 95 95 95
Teasel 93 1 93 93 93
Noel 118 1 118 118 118
Marty 89 1 89 89 89
Bubbles 84 1 84 84 84