| Date | 20 December 2018 |
| Number | 27226 |
| Day of week | Thursday |
| NITCH | 56 |
| Count of ref solvers | 48 |
| Ref solvers excluded with errors | 14 |
| Link to crossword | View Crossword* |
| Times for the Times Link | 27226 |
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| Name | Average time | This time | Personal Nitch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eamon Ryan | 06:50 | 04:47 | 70 |
| Jason | 07:38 | 04:49 | 63 |
| verlaine | 08:33 | 02:59 | 34 |
| aphis99 | 09:18 | 04:46 | 51 |
| Midas | 09:33 | 06:47 | 71 |
| AlanS | 10:29 | 06:13 | 59 |
| richard | 10:58 | 05:54 | 53 |
| chindit | 11:21 | 06:34 | 57 |
| lickert | 11:25 | 08:26 | 73 |
| asaldanha | 12:04 | 04:48 | 39 |
| chriswords | 12:05 | 08:03 | 66 |
| trux | 12:19 | 08:15 | 66 |
| glheard | 12:41 | 08:06 | 63 |
| Derek Harrison | 12:54 | 09:02 | 70 |
| Topical Tim | 13:16 | 06:27 | 48 |
| Tom Stubbs | 13:27 | 06:55 | 51 |
| neilr | 14:39 | 08:42 | 59 |
| noidea | 14:59 | 09:35 | 63 |
| Silva | 15:02 | 08:13 | 54 |
| fshephe | 15:07 | 11:29 | 75 |
| keriothe_ | 15:21 | 06:28 | 42 |
| jimpen | 15:28 | 07:13 | 46 |
| cyrillic | 15:45 | 09:14 | 58 |
| Sheapey | 15:46 | 07:40 | 48 |
| SimonAnthony | 16:03 | 06:52 | 42 |
| PGooden | 16:07 | 12:31 | 77 |
| Tibthorpe | 16:08 | 07:06 | 44 |
| Jon88 | 16:09 | 11:04 | 68 |
| Groucho | 17:03 | 09:20 | 54 |
| Malcj | 17:04 | 08:40 | 50 |
| Spanna | 17:04 | 15:43 | 92 |
| phthisis | 17:55 | 10:01 | 55 |
| robinh | 18:21 | 11:17 | 61 |
| David Crooks | 18:47 | 10:29 | 55 |
| MikeOsborne | 19:04 | 11:04 | 58 |
| GMcD | 19:12 | 12:14 | 63 |
| JezWoolfrey | 19:46 | 11:41 | 59 |
| Squallaby | 20:36 | 10:46 | 52 |
| LouWeed | 22:55 | 13:56 | 60 |
| benedick | 23:05 | 09:37 | 41 |
| pterodactyl | 23:14 | 14:21 | 61 |
| RobR | 23:21 | 11:54 | 50 |
| diogenes | 25:04 | 13:16 | 52 |
| Solver52 | 25:08 | 15:29 | 61 |
| Chadwick | 27:51 | 14:34 | 52 |
| fudgiebates | 33:17 | 14:59 | 45 |
| rosselliot | 35:46 | 11:11 | 31 |
| Big Nug | 39:15 | 15:06 | 38 |
Here are the SNITCH values (stored on the day) from the crossword.