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 6 Banding, without a noise, makes a noise (4) 7 Feeble — at half the money (3) 8 Rats chewed up the old monarch (4) 9 Picture Clue 11 Picture Clue 14 Be quiet, you old Puppies! (4) 15 Kitchen startup gear (3) 16 Shoulder piece is 0.8 country bumpkin (4) 17 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Picture Clue 3 Preyer seen in sea gleam (5) 4 Tum, if treated, can be civilly dressed (5) 5 Picture Clue 10 Picture Clue 12 Altogether now — play! (5) 13 Simple ploy, allowing some to be faithful (5) Yesterday’s solution ACROSS: 1 Pay interest. 5 Uppsala. 9 Veil. 10 Rain. 11 Music. 12 Ugli. 13 Hemp. 14 Pay cash. 16 Drawbridges. DOWN: 1 Pole vaulted. 2 You. 3 Era. 4 Taking pains. 6 Palmira. 7 Seismic. 8 Larches. 14 Pea. 15 Hag.

2d. Shed lawyer, following questions...? (7)

1d. Would the cow like candles on it? (6-4)

9a. The mint of an empire? (8)

1a. How a face can chill out? (4,6)

17a. William of Cheshire’s proof of purchase (4,2,4)

11a. When Moggy panics? (8)

10d. Foolish bits of bacon? (7)

5d. The most basic chat-up line? (5,5)