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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.
  • # Crosswords: The total number of crosswords attributed to that setter.
  • Average NITCH: A measure of difficulty, where 100 is average. Higher numbers are harder; lower numbers are easier.
  • 25th Percentile: 25% of the setter’s crosswords are easier than this value. It gives a sense of their easiest puzzles.
  • 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 # Crosswords 25th Percentile Average NITCH 75th Percentile
Joker 62 92 99 108
Mara 57 85 91 97
Izetti 54 88 99 107
Teazel 54 89 99 107
Hurley 50 88 95 102
Orpheus 48 79 89 97
Jalna 37 92 99 106
Wurm 29 91 98 103
Trelawney 29 69 74 79
Oink 28 81 85 89
Felix 27 91 101 110
Pedro 27 95 105 111
Breadman 26 102 110 123
Alex 20 83 91 99
Jimmy 16 81 86 89
Pipsqueak 14 80 86 91
Myles 10 91 103 113
Asp 9 101 112 116
Cheeko 9 111 128 139
Beck 8 93 99 101
Lupa 6 105 112 122
Shay 5 106 117 112
Dangle 5 85 86 93
Peridot 5 83 97 110
Rongo 5 95 97 101
Bjorn 4 100 110 119
Juji 4 90 98 103
Corelli 4 100 106 110
Kenny 3 90 97 104
Juno 3 114 117 122
Des 2 99 103 107
Alfie 1 96 96 96
Marty 1 89 89 89
Bubbles 1 84 84 84
Teasel 1 93 93 93
Telawney 1 68 68 68
Hawthorn 1 106 106 106