| Date | 21 December 2016 |
| Number | 26601 |
| Day of week | Wednesday |
| NITCH | 173 |
| Count of ref solvers | 52 |
| Ref solvers excluded with errors | 8 |
| Link to crossword | View Crossword* |
| Times for the Times Link | 26601 |
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| Name | Average time | This time | Personal Nitch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason | 07:01 | 14:09 | 201 |
| Eamon Ryan | 07:32 | 11:15 | 149 |
| Bogota Eagle | 08:05 | 12:37 | 156 |
| Ludo | 08:07 | 08:16 | 101 |
| auchiedollie | 09:06 | 16:23 | 180 |
| aphis99 | 09:39 | 19:14 | 199 |
| lickert | 11:44 | 17:57 | 152 |
| Peter Fowler | 11:56 | 13:42 | 114 |
| Quizimodo | 12:24 | 18:43 | 150 |
| KenTurner | 12:57 | 13:55 | 107 |
| AlanS | 13:03 | 20:54 | 160 |
| Topical Tim | 13:06 | 21:47 | 166 |
| Denis | 13:32 | 41:22 | 305 |
| neilr | 13:52 | 15:30 | 111 |
| Stavros | 14:10 | 24:32 | 173 |
| mchalen | 14:25 | 19:17 | 133 |
| AndyOwl | 15:12 | 31:55 | 209 |
| earlylight | 15:33 | 22:01 | 141 |
| OliviaRhineb | 16:26 | 26:20 | 160 |
| phthisis | 16:28 | 31:13 | 189 |
| Margaretlarb | 16:52 | 32:47 | 194 |
| ChuckB | 16:59 | 26:03 | 153 |
| Werm | 17:44 | 60:31 | 341 |
| GMcD | 19:31 | 38:30 | 197 |
| David Crooks | 19:53 | 18:05 | 90 |
| reindeer | 19:58 | 24:27 | 122 |
| David P | 20:07 | 32:54 | 163 |
| peter wild | 20:15 | 26:23 | 130 |
| Zabadak (zabadak2) | 21:21 | 45:11 | 211 |
| Big Mick | 21:47 | 35:23 | 162 |
| Helly Welly | 22:00 | 27:50 | 126 |
| alanjcannon | 22:12 | 35:05 | 158 |
| zythum | 22:56 | 36:38 | 159 |
| barracuda | 22:57 | 26:23 | 114 |
| Galspray (Rabbitoh) | 23:31 | 71:08 | 302 |
| Edprof | 24:04 | 38:29 | 159 |
| benedick | 24:26 | 72:52 | 298 |
| crosswordian | 25:36 | 43:48 | 171 |
| Julian West | 25:41 | 52:18 | 203 |
| me_phobete | 25:51 | 45:38 | 176 |
| Solver52 | 25:52 | 45:17 | 175 |
| Chadwick | 27:21 | 26:44 | 97 |
| nekabue | 28:49 | 66:20 | 230 |
| oldpalace | 28:56 | 25:13 | 87 |
| Prytherch | 29:20 | 49:56 | 170 |
| anthea | 29:26 | 33:27 | 113 |
| diogenes | 29:49 | 97:01 | 325 |
| rjr520 | 32:20 | 42:26 | 131 |
| Clovis | 33:17 | 39:43 | 119 |
| Ron's mum | 33:20 | 114:00 | 342 |
| koro | 33:40 | 57:58 | 172 |
| Jeeves | 34:25 | 61:40 | 179 |