| Date | 18 August 2016 |
| Number | 26494 |
| Day of week | Thursday |
| NITCH | 98 |
| Count of ref solvers | 64 |
| Ref solvers excluded with errors | 0 |
| Link to crossword | View Crossword* |
| Times for the Times Link | 26494 |
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| Name | Average time | This time | Personal Nitch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eylesie | 03:36 | 20:29 | 568 |
| Magoo | 05:56 | 04:15 | 71 |
| mohn | 06:48 | 05:52 | 86 |
| Jason | 07:12 | 05:00 | 69 |
| Eamon Ryan | 07:39 | 09:12 | 120 |
| Bogota Eagle | 08:42 | 07:27 | 85 |
| auchiedollie | 09:01 | 09:38 | 106 |
| aphis99 | 09:24 | 07:45 | 82 |
| verlaine | 09:51 | 11:28 | 116 |
| richard | 10:00 | 10:44 | 107 |
| Tom Stubbs | 11:39 | 10:35 | 90 |
| lickert | 11:42 | 06:41 | 57 |
| tonysever | 12:10 | 09:32 | 78 |
| Peter Fowler | 12:17 | 11:15 | 91 |
| Quizimodo | 12:39 | 10:53 | 86 |
| KenTurner | 12:52 | 12:38 | 98 |
| chindit | 12:55 | 11:56 | 92 |
| Silva | 13:15 | 09:50 | 74 |
| Topical Tim | 13:38 | 16:51 | 123 |
| Toffer | 13:40 | 13:29 | 98 |
| Stavros | 13:58 | 18:17 | 130 |
| Denis | 13:59 | 15:51 | 113 |
| neilr | 13:59 | 20:36 | 147 |
| mikegrocott | 14:11 | 10:20 | 72 |
| jjp | 14:47 | 15:36 | 105 |
| earlylight | 15:18 | 13:27 | 87 |
| AndyOwl | 15:48 | 17:01 | 107 |
| rpb | 16:25 | 19:45 | 120 |
| robinh | 16:32 | 13:04 | 79 |
| OliviaRhineb | 16:44 | 10:02 | 59 |
| phthisis | 17:00 | 09:19 | 54 |
| RHB | 17:37 | 15:35 | 88 |
| fshephe | 17:58 | 15:59 | 88 |
| Kevin Gregg | 19:15 | 24:22 | 126 |
| reindeer | 19:16 | 23:55 | 124 |
| David Crooks | 19:35 | 16:59 | 86 |
| sampson | 19:50 | 20:48 | 104 |
| Zabadak (zabadak2) | 20:12 | 21:16 | 105 |
| GMcD | 20:16 | 20:07 | 99 |
| David P | 20:34 | 24:55 | 121 |
| peter wild | 20:42 | 17:05 | 82 |
| AnneGinger | 20:53 | 26:34 | 127 |
| MickinEly2 | 21:25 | 16:49 | 78 |
| Ben Ganly | 21:35 | 26:07 | 121 |
| trishwain | 21:35 | 21:34 | 99 |
| PeterMabey | 21:49 | 18:24 | 84 |
| NJeagle | 22:31 | 18:56 | 84 |
| Helly Welly | 23:01 | 16:57 | 73 |
| Edprof | 23:26 | 15:04 | 64 |
| zythum | 23:45 | 21:56 | 92 |
| Big Mick | 24:01 | 20:44 | 86 |
| Julian West | 24:31 | 16:21 | 66 |
| benedick | 25:07 | 19:29 | 77 |
| leonora | 26:05 | 17:46 | 68 |
| Chadwick | 26:36 | 20:31 | 77 |
| Jefe | 26:39 | 25:57 | 97 |
| me_phobete | 27:07 | 24:54 | 91 |
| Son of Smug | 28:17 | 18:13 | 64 |
| oldpalace | 29:45 | 27:29 | 92 |
| diogenes | 29:51 | 24:56 | 83 |
| Barry Smith | 31:07 | 27:22 | 87 |
| Ron's mum | 32:00 | 18:18 | 57 |
| MaxenEH | 32:30 | 32:51 | 101 |
| koro | 35:14 | 24:07 | 68 |