| Date | 22 December 2016 |
| Number | 26602 |
| Day of week | Thursday |
| NITCH | 139 |
| Count of ref solvers | 59 |
| Ref solvers excluded with errors | 0 |
| Link to crossword | View Crossword* |
| Times for the Times Link | 26602 |
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| Name | Average time | This time | Personal Nitch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magoo | 05:50 | 12:57 | 222 |
| Lettuceleaf | 06:39 | 10:23 | 156 |
| Jason | 07:01 | 08:23 | 119 |
| Eamon Ryan | 07:32 | 08:03 | 106 |
| Bogota Eagle | 08:05 | 22:59 | 284 |
| Ludo | 08:07 | 10:16 | 126 |
| auchiedollie | 09:06 | 10:36 | 116 |
| verlaine | 09:28 | 08:40 | 91 |
| aphis99 | 09:39 | 16:15 | 168 |
| tonysever | 11:36 | 12:48 | 110 |
| lickert | 11:44 | 14:27 | 123 |
| Peter Fowler | 11:56 | 10:31 | 88 |
| Quizimodo | 12:24 | 14:35 | 117 |
| KenTurner | 12:57 | 12:52 | 99 |
| AlanS | 13:03 | 15:28 | 118 |
| Silva | 13:03 | 23:34 | 180 |
| chindit | 13:04 | 10:26 | 79 |
| Denis | 13:32 | 20:49 | 153 |
| neilr | 13:52 | 14:56 | 107 |
| mikegrocott | 13:55 | 21:29 | 154 |
| Stavros | 14:10 | 17:29 | 123 |
| Eylesie | 14:54 | 21:08 | 141 |
| Sue Sweeper | 14:58 | 17:18 | 115 |
| AndyOwl | 15:12 | 19:42 | 129 |
| Tibthorpe | 15:12 | 24:22 | 160 |
| earlylight | 15:33 | 18:37 | 119 |
| fshephe | 15:46 | 19:03 | 120 |
| phthisis | 16:28 | 25:17 | 153 |
| rpb | 16:42 | 26:50 | 160 |
| Margaretlarb | 16:52 | 20:53 | 123 |
| sotira (Sarah17) | 16:55 | 21:21 | 126 |
| ChuckB | 16:59 | 27:07 | 159 |
| Bernard S | 17:44 | 18:27 | 104 |
| Werm | 17:44 | 26:33 | 149 |
| GMcD | 19:31 | 32:11 | 164 |
| David Crooks | 19:53 | 28:16 | 142 |
| reindeer | 19:58 | 21:39 | 108 |
| peter wild | 20:15 | 26:27 | 130 |
| Groucho | 20:57 | 33:25 | 159 |
| Zabadak (zabadak2) | 21:21 | 37:14 | 174 |
| Big Mick | 21:47 | 32:49 | 150 |
| Helly Welly | 22:00 | 21:55 | 99 |
| NJeagle | 22:09 | 28:30 | 128 |
| zythum | 22:56 | 29:46 | 129 |
| barracuda | 22:57 | 37:13 | 162 |
| Bobb | 23:06 | 46:39 | 201 |
| Galspray (Rabbitoh) | 23:31 | 57:19 | 243 |
| leonora | 23:39 | 33:50 | 143 |
| scouse1 | 23:46 | 30:08 | 126 |
| benedick | 24:26 | 22:34 | 92 |
| Julian West | 25:41 | 29:30 | 114 |
| me_phobete | 25:51 | 39:16 | 151 |
| Solver52 | 25:52 | 30:35 | 118 |
| oldpalace | 28:56 | 26:49 | 92 |
| Prytherch | 29:20 | 34:01 | 115 |
| diogenes | 29:49 | 48:25 | 162 |
| Clovis | 33:17 | 89:17 | 268 |
| koro | 33:40 | 62:53 | 186 |
| Jeeves | 34:25 | 35:58 | 104 |