| Date | 28 February 2018 |
| Number | 26973 |
| Day of week | Wednesday |
| NITCH | 80 |
| Count of ref solvers | 35 |
| Ref solvers excluded with errors | 3 |
| Link to crossword | View Crossword* |
| Times for the Times Link | 26973 |
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| Name | Average time | This time | Personal Nitch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eamon Ryan | 05:54 | 05:05 | 86 |
| Magoo | 05:57 | 05:01 | 84 |
| Jason | 06:42 | 05:28 | 81 |
| verlaine | 08:26 | 05:56 | 70 |
| DaddyM | 09:23 | 09:35 | 102 |
| aphis99 | 09:49 | 06:01 | 61 |
| AlanS | 10:13 | 07:18 | 71 |
| chindit | 11:13 | 08:52 | 79 |
| Topical Tim | 12:01 | 09:00 | 74 |
| Tom Stubbs | 12:22 | 10:20 | 83 |
| Silva | 13:22 | 10:10 | 76 |
| Stavros | 13:23 | 15:54 | 118 |
| neilr | 13:34 | 09:20 | 68 |
| keriothe_ | 14:01 | 13:03 | 93 |
| Tibthorpe | 14:39 | 12:38 | 86 |
| mchalen | 14:42 | 19:14 | 130 |
| Ben Staveley | 14:47 | 12:36 | 85 |
| BoxBrownie | 14:52 | 08:18 | 55 |
| Sue Sweeper | 15:25 | 12:21 | 80 |
| Ron's mum | 15:26 | 07:34 | 49 |
| SimonAnthony | 15:40 | 14:08 | 90 |
| ChuckB | 16:10 | 16:21 | 101 |
| noidea | 16:39 | 16:34 | 99 |
| robinh | 17:24 | 14:52 | 85 |
| OliviaRhineb | 18:28 | 17:23 | 94 |
| Spanna | 18:35 | 13:46 | 74 |
| David P | 18:55 | 12:16 | 64 |
| GMcD | 18:55 | 14:10 | 74 |
| David Crooks | 19:35 | 15:58 | 81 |
| John Arnold | 20:40 | 16:01 | 77 |
| barracuda | 21:27 | 18:13 | 84 |
| Bert Dove | 22:53 | 18:46 | 82 |
| Scoffer | 25:06 | 14:18 | 56 |
| Chadwick | 28:34 | 19:07 | 66 |
| ulaca | 39:51 | 19:20 | 48 |
Here are the SNITCH values (stored on the day) from the crossword.