| Date | 21 December 2017 |
| Number | 26914 |
| Day of week | Thursday |
| NITCH | 97 |
| Count of ref solvers | 42 |
| Ref solvers excluded with errors | 9 |
| Link to crossword | View Crossword* |
| Times for the Times Link | 26914 |
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| Name | Average time | This time | Personal Nitch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eamon Ryan | 06:13 | 06:18 | 101 |
| mohn | 06:40 | 06:19 | 94 |
| Jason | 07:03 | 06:21 | 90 |
| verlaine | 08:44 | 07:53 | 90 |
| aphis99 | 10:01 | 09:48 | 97 |
| chindit | 11:41 | 15:51 | 135 |
| lickert | 11:52 | 07:54 | 66 |
| glheard | 12:02 | 13:22 | 111 |
| Tom Stubbs | 12:14 | 12:30 | 102 |
| Topical Tim | 13:18 | 08:12 | 61 |
| Silva | 13:43 | 12:45 | 92 |
| neilr | 13:46 | 12:14 | 88 |
| keriothe_ | 14:26 | 08:37 | 59 |
| Tibthorpe | 14:35 | 11:39 | 79 |
| fshephe | 15:15 | 16:09 | 105 |
| ChuckB | 16:41 | 16:35 | 99 |
| Groucho | 17:29 | 17:21 | 99 |
| noidea | 17:33 | 17:55 | 102 |
| OliviaRhineb | 17:35 | 18:40 | 106 |
| robinh | 17:45 | 15:29 | 87 |
| John Arnold | 19:22 | 20:31 | 105 |
| David Crooks | 19:25 | 17:50 | 91 |
| sampson | 19:38 | 20:42 | 105 |
| pterodactyl | 19:43 | 19:53 | 100 |
| reindeer | 19:53 | 24:29 | 123 |
| Big Mick | 19:56 | 21:19 | 106 |
| GMcD | 20:16 | 19:59 | 98 |
| Kevin Gregg | 22:16 | 25:13 | 113 |
| barracuda | 22:23 | 28:01 | 125 |
| Bert Dove | 22:56 | 33:14 | 144 |
| Zabadak (zabadak2) | 23:39 | 24:41 | 104 |
| benedick | 24:11 | 18:07 | 74 |
| zythum | 24:33 | 25:32 | 104 |
| Edprof | 25:45 | 30:19 | 117 |
| Chadwick | 28:30 | 29:45 | 104 |
| rosselliot | 32:12 | 30:41 | 95 |
| koro | 32:56 | 40:03 | 121 |
| Jeeves | 34:05 | 32:07 | 94 |
| Mkgnao | 35:02 | 20:38 | 58 |
| Big Nug | 36:09 | 34:54 | 96 |
| cassandra | 38:26 | 33:13 | 86 |
| ulaca | 41:13 | 28:25 | 68 |
Here are the SNITCH values (stored on the day) from the crossword.