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 on Monday.

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue 5 Oceanic sort of change? (3) 7 Pen-end — bit nibbled (3) 8 Picture Clue 10 Knew lie to be false, even if pristine (4,3) 11 Picture Clue 14 Pin back the tuck, mate! (3) 15 Garden tool — taken down to the dance? (3) 16 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Thin one has stray follower (4) 3 Rip rate in pieces (4) 4 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 7 Picture Clue 9 Fermented? Fret not, just correct it (5) 12 Looking up to greedy opera star (4) 13 Illustrating something of a strong desire (4)

ACROSS: 1 Face to face. 6 Gird. 7 Ali. 8 Nova. 9 Grapples. 11 Buys into. 14 T-bar. 15 Use. 16 Edge. 17 Adamantine. DOWN: 1 French blue. 2 Engages. 3 Fed up. 4 Crawl. 5 First prize. 10 Protest. 12 Yield. 13 I-beam.

7d. Canary city — has got rich now! (7)

4d. Agree with — on line? (9,2)

1d. This receiver — not of stolen goods! (4,7)

8a. Direct to free stuff? Rot! (5,2)

1a. Stalks drivers can beam down with (3,8)

16a. Tact, rotated, twisted and drawn by (9,2)

11a. Base note, rather than bass note (6,1)

6d. Calm rap about a bright one! (3,4)