| Date | 16 December 2016 |
| Number | 26597 |
| Day of week | Friday |
| NITCH | 101 |
| Count of ref solvers | 67 |
| Ref solvers excluded with errors | 0 |
| Link to crossword | View Crossword* |
| Times for the Times Link | 26597 |
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| Name | Average time | This time | Personal Nitch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magoo | 05:50 | 05:07 | 87 |
| Lettuceleaf | 06:39 | 11:05 | 166 |
| Jason | 07:01 | 07:50 | 111 |
| Eamon Ryan | 07:32 | 06:02 | 80 |
| Bogota Eagle | 08:05 | 08:26 | 104 |
| Ludo | 08:07 | 05:19 | 65 |
| auchiedollie | 09:06 | 12:52 | 141 |
| verlaine | 09:28 | 09:51 | 104 |
| aphis99 | 09:39 | 08:24 | 87 |
| richard | 10:40 | 13:27 | 126 |
| Tom Stubbs | 11:22 | 09:34 | 84 |
| tonysever | 11:36 | 09:41 | 83 |
| lickert | 11:44 | 12:14 | 104 |
| Peter Fowler | 11:56 | 17:28 | 146 |
| Quizimodo | 12:24 | 12:34 | 101 |
| Heyesey | 12:25 | 21:18 | 171 |
| AlanS | 13:03 | 11:38 | 89 |
| Silva | 13:03 | 12:51 | 98 |
| chindit | 13:04 | 14:45 | 112 |
| Topical Tim | 13:06 | 13:22 | 102 |
| Denis | 13:32 | 10:45 | 79 |
| Toffer | 13:45 | 18:25 | 133 |
| neilr | 13:52 | 11:38 | 83 |
| mikegrocott | 13:55 | 14:39 | 105 |
| glheard | 14:06 | 18:11 | 128 |
| Stavros | 14:10 | 21:08 | 149 |
| mchalen | 14:25 | 14:34 | 101 |
| Eylesie | 14:54 | 22:12 | 148 |
| Sue Sweeper | 14:58 | 10:42 | 71 |
| AndyOwl | 15:12 | 13:53 | 91 |
| earlylight | 15:33 | 24:04 | 154 |
| fshephe | 15:46 | 17:03 | 108 |
| OliviaRhineb | 16:26 | 15:04 | 91 |
| phthisis | 16:28 | 14:01 | 85 |
| Margaretlarb | 16:52 | 15:34 | 92 |
| sotira (Sarah17) | 16:55 | 15:44 | 93 |
| robinh | 16:56 | 14:13 | 83 |
| ChuckB | 16:59 | 14:07 | 83 |
| Bernard S | 17:44 | 15:45 | 88 |
| Werm | 17:44 | 17:39 | 99 |
| pterodactyl | 17:51 | 22:47 | 127 |
| GMcD | 19:31 | 20:42 | 106 |
| David Crooks | 19:53 | 24:52 | 125 |
| reindeer | 19:58 | 23:21 | 116 |
| David P | 20:07 | 16:22 | 81 |
| peter wild | 20:15 | 19:59 | 98 |
| Ben Ganly | 20:17 | 18:07 | 89 |
| MickinEly2 | 20:18 | 21:10 | 104 |
| Groucho | 20:57 | 25:57 | 123 |
| AnneGinger | 21:14 | 24:23 | 114 |
| Zabadak (zabadak2) | 21:21 | 24:02 | 112 |
| Big Mick | 21:47 | 19:28 | 89 |
| NJeagle | 22:09 | 24:46 | 111 |
| alanjcannon | 22:12 | 19:17 | 86 |
| zythum | 22:56 | 16:53 | 73 |
| barracuda | 22:57 | 29:29 | 128 |
| Bobb | 23:06 | 18:33 | 80 |
| Galspray (Rabbitoh) | 23:31 | 17:03 | 72 |
| leonora | 23:39 | 18:33 | 78 |
| Edprof | 24:04 | 18:49 | 78 |
| PeterMabey | 24:23 | 24:32 | 100 |
| benedick | 24:26 | 25:01 | 102 |
| KarenR | 25:01 | 19:46 | 79 |
| crosswordian | 25:36 | 30:25 | 118 |
| Julian West | 25:41 | 02:32 | 9 |
| Solver52 | 25:52 | 28:41 | 110 |
| Prytherch | 29:20 | 27:20 | 93 |