PITCHERWITS TM

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 Canoe moving through the sea (5) 7 Nosey scandal indicator? (5) 9 Picture Clue 11 Spot, say, the main item (3) 12 Tree overwhelmingly pollarded (3) 13 Picture Clue 16 Mike — stony sort of fighter (5) 17 Turn and hiss madly at Japanese food (5) 18 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Punishing plane crash (5) 3 Hills of the low times? (5) 4 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 8 Picture Clue 10 Slippery one swims up to shelter (3) 14 The woman can stay otherwise it’s a bit fruity (5) 15 This is a little bit of fibre! (5)