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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 83 92 99 110
Mara 91 76 85 91 96
Teazel 99 75 89 97 107
Izetti 97 71 86 95 106
Hurley 95 70 88 93 102
Orpheus 89 55 80 87 97
Jalna 99 50 92 99 106
Wurm 98 44 90 97 103
Pedro 103 41 95 102 110
Trelawney 75 39 69 74 78
Breadman 109 37 98 104 115
Oink 84 37 77 83 89
Felix 100 34 91 101 107
Alex 91 24 83 88 99
Pipsqueak 83 18 78 84 91
Jimmy 86 16 81 84 89
Asp 110 15 102 108 118
Cheeko 122 14 111 117 139
Myles 103 11 93 102 112
Dangle 83 11 76 85 90
Beck 100 11 93 97 108
Juji 100 10 91 94 112
Shay 115 9 104 111 118
Lupa 111 7 102 120 122
Bjorn 113 7 101 114 124
Juno 109 6 102 108 117
Rongo 95 6 87 95 99
Peridot 97 5 83 100 110
City 111 4 107 111 115
Corelli 106 4 100 103 110
Kenny 101 4 94 104 111
Loon 116 2 108 116 123
Kybos 117 2 116 117 118
Tango 88 2 82 88 94
Alfie 95 2 94 95 95
Des 103 2 99 103 107
Heron 96 1 96 96 96
Noel 118 1 118 118 118
Hawthorn 106 1 106 106 106
Marty 89 1 89 89 89
Teasel 93 1 93 93 93
Jet 111 1 111 111 111
Bubbles 84 1 84 84 84
Oran 126 1 126 126 126