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 Picture Clue 9 Group of countries in drab location (4) 10 False god said to be inactive (4) 11 PM with more of a reputation? (5) 12 Cry heard from big swimmer (4) 13 So what, if friendship produces an argument? (4) 14 Picture Clue 16 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Slide in — on banana skins? (3) 3 This donkey is a bit of a passenger (3) 4 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 7 Set down to Dante’s inferno (7) 8 Picture Clue 14 Shoes without a ship? For weedy types! (3) 15 Pull the plug, finally (3) Yesterday’s solution ACROSS: 1 High Sierra. 5 Arc light. 9 Dear. 10 Stem. 11 Enrol. 12 Naan. 14 Pull. 15 Sketches. 18 No-one knows. DOWN: 1 Headlines. 2 Hearten. 3 Eel. 4 Ash. 6 Cherish. 7 Gut. 8 Time flies. 10 Slips on. 13 Awe. 16 Ken. 17 Con.