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 7 Ocean storm? Paddle your own! (5) 8 Should have lost his marbles, according to Greeks! (5) 9 Picture Clue 11 Picture Clue 14 Shaken duo to do better (5) 15 Fancy cleaning a bit of the bike? (5) 16 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Dance where one can go bonkers! (5) 3 In court, will she go for you? (3) 4 Picture Clue 5 Pale, but with less weight (5) 6 Picture Clue 10 Picture Clue 12 It’ll be dead right in time to come (5) 13 Campanula lost plan of S China seaport (5) 15 For cows to chew over? (3)

9a. Bang the drum, soldier — with skin ink? (4,1,6)

4d. Volcanic place with a sort of clean ID (7)

1d. Curvy sort of top cleric? (10)

1a. Can be reached from classic bee flight (10)

16a. To give you stopping rhythm? (5,5)

11a. Successful bootstrap puller-upper? (4-4,3)

10d. Carol — kilometre to do for half nelson, say (7)

6d. Meets with censure, not upset (10)