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 Austria — it’s without atmosphere (4) 7 States of arousal... (1,1,1) 8 Some numbers that have a food list (4) 9 Picture Clue 11 Picture Clue 14 Sway back to swings... (4) 15 Grotesque bit of decay (3) 16 Coward appearing at Christmas? (4) 17 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Picture Clue 3 Meals said to be a bit of a leg-pull (5) 4 Be on cloud nine, in complex ultimatum (5) 5 Picture Clue 10 Picture Clue 12 Nick has no little church connection? (5) 13 Isoprene, washed out to make it fresh (5)

2d. She’s an ad Lucia produced (7)

1d. Useless, poisonous plant of pet metal? (3,7)

9a. Sweetened, say, with no-one about? (8)

1a. Social spots - always at 12 noon? (3,7)

17a. Jaw to break up lard (4,3,3)

11a. Flying singers from the wharf? (8)

10d. “It’s a cuppa, me old china” (4,3)

5d. Great Danes awful for sitting out (6,4)