| Date | 25 August 2016 |
| Number | 26500 |
| Day of week | Thursday |
| NITCH | 118 |
| Count of ref solvers | 65 |
| Ref solvers excluded with errors | 0 |
| Link to crossword | View Crossword* |
| Times for the Times Link | 26500 |
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| Name | Average time | This time | Personal Nitch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magoo | 05:56 | 09:07 | 153 |
| Jason | 07:12 | 04:18 | 59 |
| Lettuceleaf | 07:22 | 07:08 | 96 |
| Eamon Ryan | 07:39 | 07:08 | 93 |
| auchiedollie | 09:01 | 09:15 | 102 |
| aphis99 | 09:24 | 14:26 | 153 |
| richard | 10:00 | 15:39 | 156 |
| Tom Stubbs | 11:39 | 10:57 | 93 |
| lickert | 11:42 | 10:47 | 92 |
| tonysever | 12:10 | 14:08 | 116 |
| Heyesey | 12:12 | 20:44 | 169 |
| Peter Fowler | 12:17 | 18:22 | 149 |
| Quizimodo | 12:39 | 16:58 | 134 |
| KenTurner | 12:52 | 12:28 | 96 |
| chindit | 12:55 | 14:35 | 112 |
| Silva | 13:15 | 11:23 | 85 |
| AlanS | 13:35 | 14:19 | 105 |
| Topical Tim | 13:38 | 17:44 | 130 |
| Stavros | 13:58 | 15:50 | 113 |
| Denis | 13:59 | 11:36 | 82 |
| neilr | 13:59 | 14:17 | 102 |
| mchalen | 14:26 | 19:34 | 135 |
| Tibthorpe | 15:04 | 18:25 | 122 |
| earlylight | 15:18 | 13:52 | 90 |
| Sue Sweeper | 15:27 | 14:45 | 95 |
| AndyOwl | 15:48 | 21:24 | 135 |
| Margaretlarb | 16:01 | 16:31 | 103 |
| rpb | 16:25 | 21:25 | 130 |
| robinh | 16:32 | 15:50 | 95 |
| OliviaRhineb | 16:44 | 20:30 | 122 |
| phthisis | 17:00 | 17:30 | 102 |
| subbswamysg | 17:25 | 27:30 | 157 |
| RHB | 17:37 | 20:22 | 115 |
| fshephe | 17:58 | 22:46 | 126 |
| Bernard S | 18:11 | 21:19 | 117 |
| andyt | 18:40 | 19:58 | 106 |
| reindeer | 19:16 | 30:28 | 158 |
| David Crooks | 19:35 | 27:09 | 138 |
| GMcD | 20:16 | 18:48 | 92 |
| David P | 20:34 | 36:37 | 178 |
| peter wild | 20:42 | 22:24 | 108 |
| AnneGinger | 20:53 | 28:22 | 135 |
| MickinEly2 | 21:25 | 25:36 | 119 |
| Ben Ganly | 21:35 | 20:16 | 93 |
| PeterMabey | 21:49 | 38:22 | 175 |
| Groucho | 22:17 | 33:16 | 149 |
| Bobb | 22:19 | 27:06 | 121 |
| alanjcannon | 22:26 | 22:34 | 100 |
| barracuda | 23:15 | 24:46 | 106 |
| Edprof | 23:26 | 17:36 | 75 |
| zythum | 23:45 | 24:16 | 102 |
| Big Mick | 24:01 | 20:46 | 86 |
| Solver52 | 24:08 | 42:57 | 177 |
| Galspray (Rabbitoh) | 25:03 | 31:08 | 124 |
| crosswordian | 26:32 | 40:42 | 153 |
| Chadwick | 26:36 | 45:53 | 172 |
| Jefe | 26:39 | 38:12 | 143 |
| me_phobete | 27:07 | 32:31 | 119 |
| stockynige | 28:57 | 34:39 | 119 |
| oldpalace | 29:45 | 27:15 | 91 |
| Prytherch | 29:48 | 30:10 | 101 |
| Moles | 30:16 | 27:01 | 89 |
| rosselliot | 30:30 | 36:48 | 120 |
| Barry Smith | 31:07 | 28:56 | 92 |
| koro | 35:14 | 33:36 | 95 |