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 7 Prosaic (but is not a sort of dried coconut!) (5) 8 Duo to alternate and exceed (5) 9 Picture Clue 11 Picture Clue 14 A libido, starting to be an excuse... (5) 15 Ezra, I calculate, is in Africa (5) 16 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Pies — a recipe to make ‘em brown! (5) 3 Meadow owned by Local Education Authority? (3) 4 Picture Clue 5 Clumsily totes a scrap (3-2) 6 Picture Clue 10 Picture Clue 12 I’m in the middle of church, foolishly un-knowing (5) 13 Satin pattern is a good one... (5) 15 Chorizo (obviously sliced for the menagerie!) (3)