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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 100 100 92 99 110
Mara 92 91 85 92 97
Teazel 98 90 88 96 106
Hurley 94 84 86 93 102
Izetti 97 81 85 95 106
Jalna 99 63 90 100 106
Wurm 97 60 89 95 102
Orpheus 89 55 80 87 97
Pedro 103 49 96 102 110
Trelawney 73 47 68 74 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 24 102 108 122
Pipsqueak 81 22 75 82 90
Cheeko 122 19 110 112 139
Dangle 89 18 83 90 93
Shay 110 16 100 105 115
Jimmy 86 16 81 84 89
Juji 101 15 91 96 113
Beck 98 12 90 96 105
Myles 103 11 93 102 112
Bjorn 112 10 100 113 123
City 105 10 100 111 113
Tango 85 8 76 88 90
Rongo 94 7 85 95 98
Lupa 111 7 102 120 122
Loon 108 6 101 105 110
Juno 109 6 102 108 117
Peridot 97 5 83 100 110
Kybos 109 5 105 110 115
Heron 91 5 93 95 96
Kenny 101 4 94 104 111
Corelli 106 4 100 103 110
Dove 108 3 104 107 112
Frank 101 2 93 101 109
Jet 120 2 115 120 124
Alfie 95 2 94 95 95
Tilt 133 2 128 133 137
Des 103 2 99 103 107
Apus 104 2 99 104 108
the 99 1 99 99 99
Hawthorn 106 1 106 106 106
Jaspa 91 1 91 91 91
Marty 89 1 89 89 89
Noel 118 1 118 118 118
Bubbles 84 1 84 84 84
Oran 126 1 126 126 126
Teasel 93 1 93 93 93
Worm 80 1 80 80 80