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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 on Monday.

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue 7 Boy turns back from second class job centre — lout! (5) 8 Picture Clue 11 Model vessel has imps on board (5) 13 Time’s in bits of peel to throw out (5) 14 Picture Clue 16 Views about spouses (5) 18 Picture Clue

DOWN

2 Spare a tease at the restaurant (3) 3 Picture Clue 4 Against being somewhat adamantine (4) 5 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 9 Picture Clue 10 Press down current model first (4) 12 Savagery abandoned by sage for a change (4) 15 Man about to have nothing but a complaint (4) 17 By way of abbreviated section (3)

Yesterday’s solution ACROSS: 1 Snowy orchid, 5 Ascot, 7 Vatic, 9 Masters, 11 Roe, 12 Pen, 13 Scapula, 16 Say-so, 17 Credo, 18 Draughtsmen. DOWN: 1 Star-crossed, 2 Yetis, 3 Revue, 4 Ducking down, 6 Comes by, 8 To spare, 10 Tip, 14 Among, 15 Uncut.

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