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 Picture Clue 8 Early recipe for chicken (5) 9 Cry — right there in a fight (5) 10 Crazy taxpayer to pay out more (5) 12 I’d led from start to finish — and loafed! (5) 14 Picture Clue 15 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 A lyre, well tuned, is in good time (5) 3 Far above any useful trajectories (5) 4 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 7 Picture Clue 11 Material, giving ear (sort of) to Tigers (5) 13 Itemised composer? (5)

4d. Foursomes — can have loud debates (6,5)

1d. For your mobile? Rubbish! (7,4)

5a. I go out with Ruth? Live wild! (5,2)

1a. Turn about roulade, when taken out (5,6)

15a. Profiles that are shady? (11)

14a. Badly applies issues, involving member (7)

7d. Pastimes discovered in falconry? (7)

6d. Tumults set off by change (or a spur) (7)