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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 99 64 92 99 108
Mara 90 61 84 91 97
Teazel 98 58 88 96 106
Izetti 98 57 85 96 107
Hurley 95 53 89 94 102
Orpheus 89 48 79 86 97
Jalna 100 39 92 100 106
Wurm 98 32 91 97 102
Trelawney 74 32 69 74 78
Oink 84 30 78 83 89
Pedro 105 28 95 105 110
Breadman 111 28 101 105 126
Felix 101 27 91 101 110
Alex 90 21 84 89 99
Jimmy 86 16 81 84 89
Pipsqueak 86 14 80 87 91
Asp 113 11 102 111 119
Myles 103 10 91 106 113
Cheeko 125 10 111 124 139
Beck 99 8 93 96 101
Dangle 85 6 79 86 91
Lupa 112 6 105 121 122
Rongo 96 6 89 95 99
Shay 113 6 100 108 111
Bjorn 111 5 104 115 115
Peridot 97 5 83 100 110
Juji 96 5 85 92 97
Corelli 106 4 100 103 110
Juno 117 3 114 120 122
Kenny 97 3 90 99 104
Des 103 2 99 103 107
Hawthorn 106 1 106 106 106
Jet 114 1 114 114 114
Bubbles 84 1 84 84 84
Marty 89 1 89 89 89
Alfie 96 1 96 96 96