Quick SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Quick Cryptic Crossword

Crosswords by Orpheus

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This table shows all crosswords set by Orpheus, along with their publication date, crossword number, and NITCH score — a measure of difficulty where 100 is average. Scores above 100 indicate harder puzzles; below 100 indicate easier ones.

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Date Number NITCH
2025-06-10 3011 68
2025-05-24 2997 107
2025-04-30 2976 82
2025-04-10 2959 77
2025-03-28 2948 71
2025-03-18 2939 88
2025-02-27 2923 93
2025-02-12 2910 73
2025-01-28 2897 77
2025-01-14 2885 94
2024-12-31 2873 77
2024-12-11 2856 85
2024-11-21 2839 81
2024-11-09 2829 102
2024-10-23 2814 114
2024-10-10 2803 77
2024-09-23 2788 89
2024-08-21 2760 79
2024-08-03 2745 88
2024-07-22 2734 84
2024-07-16 2729 82
2024-05-22 2682 106
2024-05-14 2675 78
2024-03-27 2634 94
2024-03-15 2624 86
2024-02-27 2609 86
2024-01-31 2586 82
2024-01-18 2575 108
2024-01-08 2566 80
2023-12-29 2559 97
2023-12-04 2540 75
2023-11-28 2536 104
2023-11-21 2531 114
2023-10-24 2511 119
2023-10-09 2500 80
2023-09-27 2492 89
2023-09-19 2486 97
2023-08-31 2473 97
2023-08-11 2459 92
2023-07-20 2443 91
2023-07-12 2437 77
2023-06-28 2427 81
2023-06-20 2421 83
2023-05-29 2405 99
2023-05-16 2396 78
2023-04-26 2382 99
2023-04-11 2371 126
2023-03-06 2345 83