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 Vanished, without his feathered ends (5) 7 Braincase not to bear witness to old Peruvians (5) 9 Picture Clue 11 Fine example of a maiden name (3) 12 Vegetable of limited appeal . . . (3) 13 Picture Clue 16 A certain diet, including music on its own (5) 17 A boss taken to be a low singer (5) 18 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Country ones — not found in Indonesia (5) 3 When a follower has a chance to be quick (5) 4 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 8 Picture Clue 10 The feline part of abdication? (3) 14 Cloaked (but do not make him into a smart one!) (5) 15 Boat repair comes to nothing at ban (5)