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 5 Baba’s lead fighter — ‘stung like a bee’ (3) 6 In W India, said to be a goer! (3) 7 Picture Clue 10 Printing units, in themselves (3) 11 Liar, apt to make, in complete union (7) 12 Fake/genuine part of barrel? (3) 13 Picture Clue 16 To be won back presently (3) 17 Fool, like a slow starter (3) 18 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Cooked meat for the whole side (4) 3 Foreign cuisine, but it’s a hit, strangely (4) 4 Picture Clue 5 Picture Clue 8 He leads du Beke a merry dance! (5) 9 Picture Clue 14 Hideous? Juicy! (4) 15 Ice crystals for Peter and Jon? (4)

1d. Climax of lofty location? (4,4)

1a. Clicks — and gets the coconut? (4,2,3)

4d. So you can make a movie — of Tories? (4,6)

7a. Top limit for the biggest parent (7)

13a. Seasons (but not with pepper) (7)

5d. It was 1,2,1 2,1 — currently perhaps? (10)

18a. Ebb from airway — and flight (5,4)

9d. Chocolate bar — for the stars? (5,3)