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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 94 92 99 111
Mara 92 87 85 91 97
Teazel 98 86 88 96 107
Hurley 94 80 86 93 102
Izetti 97 79 86 96 106
Jalna 100 59 92 102 107
Orpheus 89 55 80 87 97
Wurm 96 54 89 95 101
Pedro 103 47 95 102 110
Trelawney 74 44 68 74 78
Breadman 109 40 97 104 115
Oink 84 40 76 83 89
Felix 100 34 91 101 107
Alex 92 27 83 89 101
Pipsqueak 81 22 75 82 90
Asp 111 21 102 106 121
Cheeko 123 17 111 114 139
Dangle 88 16 81 90 93
Jimmy 86 16 81 84 89
Shay 113 13 101 111 118
Juji 97 13 91 92 102
Beck 98 12 90 96 105
Myles 103 11 93 102 112
Bjorn 112 10 100 113 123
City 112 8 109 113 115
Lupa 111 7 102 120 122
Rongo 94 7 85 95 98
Juno 109 6 102 108 117
Tango 84 6 76 81 89
Peridot 97 5 83 100 110
Kybos 112 4 108 112 116
Heron 91 4 88 95 98
Corelli 106 4 100 103 110
Kenny 101 4 94 104 111
Loon 110 4 101 105 114
Alfie 95 2 94 95 95
Des 103 2 99 103 107
Jet 120 2 115 120 124
Oran 126 1 126 126 126
Bubbles 84 1 84 84 84
Noel 118 1 118 118 118
Marty 89 1 89 89 89
Teasel 93 1 93 93 93
Hawthorn 106 1 106 106 106
Tilt 142 1 142 142 142
Apus 95 1 95 95 95
Worm 80 1 80 80 80
Frank 85 1 85 85 85