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 8 Far beyond any useful tracking (5) 9 Card game reminiscent of a strong drink of mine (5) 10 Unseated, yet a tad less difficult to follow (5) 12 Finally, it’s

goodbye... (5) 14 Picture Clue 15 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Dark time near old cat’s tail (5) 3 Soak umbrella — with some hemp fibre? (5) 4 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 7 Picture Clue 11 Sprouting unit to remove ‘child’ (5) 13 Exists to rent a little island (5)