PITCHERWITS

Pit your wits against Pitcherwits – the exciting puzzle where some of the answers are in pictures! The solutions to the visual clues fit into the shaded spaces on the grid. Solution tomorrow. ACROSS

1 Picture clue 5 Picture clue 7 Mantra designed to conceal a swop (5) 8 Spoke lines in raid I planned badly (5) 9 Duck down for cover (5) 11 Here’s where the right answer isn’t! (5) 12 Picture clue 13 Picture clue

DOWN

1 Picture clue 2 0,2,3,4,5...not a soul about (2-3) 3 Where to sit to run the meeting? (5) 4 Picture clue 5 Picture clue 6 Picture clue 10 Right hand page, said to have spoiled nothing (5) 11 Gesture, say, to dispense with? (5) Friday’s solution - ACROSS: 1 Bobby socks, 7 E-mail, 8 Low note, 11 Cress, 13 Larch, 14 Cue rest, 16 On air, 18 Emblazoned. DOWN: 2 Ova, 3 Bullseye, 4 Open, 5 Stretchers, 6 Pencil case, 9 Well-to-do, 10 Over, 12 Else, 15 Reel, 17 Aye.