| Date | 15 December 2016 |
| Number | 26596 |
| Day of week | Thursday |
| NITCH | 97 |
| Count of ref solvers | 70 |
| Ref solvers excluded with errors | 0 |
| Link to crossword | View Crossword* |
| Times for the Times Link | 26596 |
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| Name | Average time | This time | Personal Nitch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magoo | 05:50 | 05:39 | 96 |
| Lettuceleaf | 06:39 | 08:29 | 127 |
| Jason | 07:01 | 07:07 | 101 |
| Bogota Eagle | 08:05 | 10:03 | 124 |
| Ludo | 08:07 | 05:20 | 65 |
| auchiedollie | 09:06 | 08:54 | 97 |
| verlaine | 09:28 | 11:21 | 119 |
| richard | 10:40 | 13:17 | 124 |
| Tom Stubbs | 11:22 | 11:38 | 102 |
| tonysever | 11:36 | 10:26 | 89 |
| Peter Fowler | 11:56 | 10:25 | 87 |
| Quizimodo | 12:24 | 13:41 | 110 |
| Heyesey | 12:25 | 07:50 | 63 |
| KenTurner | 12:57 | 10:37 | 81 |
| Silva | 13:03 | 11:46 | 90 |
| AlanS | 13:03 | 12:27 | 95 |
| chindit | 13:04 | 10:29 | 80 |
| Topical Tim | 13:06 | 11:21 | 86 |
| Denis | 13:32 | 15:24 | 113 |
| Toffer | 13:45 | 15:47 | 114 |
| neilr | 13:52 | 12:42 | 91 |
| mikegrocott | 13:55 | 13:24 | 96 |
| glheard | 14:06 | 10:31 | 74 |
| Stavros | 14:10 | 16:19 | 115 |
| mchalen | 14:25 | 15:00 | 104 |
| Eylesie | 14:54 | 21:45 | 145 |
| Sue Sweeper | 14:58 | 15:14 | 101 |
| Tibthorpe | 15:12 | 16:17 | 107 |
| AndyOwl | 15:12 | 25:04 | 164 |
| earlylight | 15:33 | 24:28 | 157 |
| OliviaRhineb | 16:26 | 15:29 | 94 |
| phthisis | 16:28 | 13:19 | 80 |
| rpb | 16:42 | 14:41 | 87 |
| RHB | 16:45 | 18:09 | 108 |
| Margaretlarb | 16:52 | 19:30 | 115 |
| sotira (Sarah17) | 16:55 | 18:41 | 110 |
| robinh | 16:56 | 16:14 | 95 |
| ChuckB | 16:59 | 20:05 | 118 |
| nesbitt | 17:06 | 20:50 | 121 |
| Bernard S | 17:44 | 20:21 | 114 |
| Werm | 17:44 | 23:43 | 133 |
| pterodactyl | 17:51 | 19:02 | 106 |
| GMcD | 19:31 | 22:41 | 116 |
| David Crooks | 19:53 | 14:52 | 74 |
| reindeer | 19:58 | 23:39 | 118 |
| David P | 20:07 | 10:30 | 52 |
| peter wild | 20:15 | 20:22 | 100 |
| MickinEly2 | 20:18 | 22:18 | 109 |
| Groucho | 20:57 | 18:11 | 86 |
| Zabadak (zabadak2) | 21:21 | 25:26 | 119 |
| Big Mick | 21:47 | 14:34 | 66 |
| Helly Welly | 22:00 | 15:57 | 72 |
| NJeagle | 22:09 | 21:47 | 98 |
| alanjcannon | 22:12 | 21:00 | 94 |
| zythum | 22:56 | 18:04 | 78 |
| Bobb | 23:06 | 16:48 | 72 |
| Galspray (Rabbitoh) | 23:31 | 13:22 | 56 |
| leonora | 23:39 | 26:51 | 113 |
| scouse1 | 23:46 | 24:02 | 101 |
| Edprof | 24:04 | 25:37 | 106 |
| benedick | 24:26 | 14:51 | 60 |
| KarenR | 25:01 | 26:08 | 104 |
| crosswordian | 25:36 | 18:52 | 73 |
| Julian West | 25:41 | 23:29 | 91 |
| me_phobete | 25:51 | 20:47 | 80 |
| NAPASAI | 26:20 | 25:00 | 94 |
| burrowz1b | 27:22 | 20:47 | 75 |
| nekabue | 28:49 | 24:58 | 86 |
| Barry Smith | 28:59 | 25:04 | 86 |
| Prytherch | 29:20 | 24:00 | 81 |