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 Nadia — somehow not quite a dragonfly (5) 8 Goths portrayed in Spirit (5) 9 Dingo turning into gold, say (5) 11 Promise to use bad language? (5) 12 Picture Clue 13 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Mode that’s scythed, allegedly (5) 3 Fibbing — on the floor? (5) 4 Picture Clue 5 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 10 Shy, yet imitated and ate out, rudely (5) 11 Eve is back in front of the strainer (5)

Friday’s solution ACROSS: 1 Icebreaker, 7 Apple, 8 A A Milne, 11 Novak, 13 Extra, 14 Own up to, 16 Visit, 18 Dandy brush. DOWN: 2 Cup, 3 Breaks up, 4 Anti, 5 Rose quartz, 6 Gain ground, 9 Moreover, 10 Lost, 12 Vain, 15 Used, 17 SOS.

4d. They just won’t get going! (3-8)

1d. Porthole, probably (5,6)

1a. Large fresh chunk of cash? (4,7)

13a. Global tournament (5,6)

12a. Do they come forth (say) in a good book? (7)

5d. This hammer’s explosive! (4,3)

5a. Fresh plonk? (3,4)

6d. Virtual runners? (7)