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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 80 92 99 111
Mara 91 73 85 91 96
Teazel 99 72 89 97 108
Izetti 97 69 87 95 107
Hurley 94 67 87 93 102
Orpheus 89 55 80 87 97
Jalna 99 48 91 97 105
Wurm 98 42 91 97 103
Pedro 104 39 95 102 111
Trelawney 75 38 69 74 78
Breadman 110 36 99 104 117
Oink 84 35 77 83 89
Felix 100 34 91 101 107
Alex 91 23 83 89 99
Pipsqueak 83 17 78 85 91
Jimmy 86 16 81 84 89
Cheeko 121 13 111 111 139
Asp 111 13 101 109 121
Myles 103 11 93 102 112
Beck 100 11 93 97 108
Dangle 82 9 75 83 88
Juji 99 8 90 94 106
Shay 112 8 102 108 113
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
Corelli 106 4 100 103 110
Kenny 101 4 94 104 111
City 107 3 104 110 111
Kybos 117 2 116 117 118
Alfie 95 2 94 95 95
Des 103 2 99 103 107
Bubbles 84 1 84 84 84
Loon 101 1 101 101 101
Hawthorn 106 1 106 106 106
Tango 76 1 76 76 76
Teasel 93 1 93 93 93
Noel 118 1 118 118 118
Oran 126 1 126 126 126
Jet 111 1 111 111 111
Marty 89 1 89 89 89