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 7 Chunk of lexis taken to be (5) 8 Motif running through the meal (5) 9 Tense set-up for awkward years (5) 11 In a bobsleigh there’s an old Indian governor (5) 12 Picture Clue 13 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Is ten in some way a subpicture? (5) 3 Gleam reflected off shining lintels (5) 4 Picture Clue 5 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 10 Garments that are legendary? (5) 11 She’s into the ‘Vienna Dialogues’ (5)

Friday’s solution ACROSS: 1 Graffitied. 7 Order. 8 Subsets. 11 Drift. 13 Earth. 14 Scoffed. 16 Indri. 18 Drawing ink. DOWN: 2 Red. 3 First off. 4 Thus. 5 Daisy chain. 6 Top dressed. 9 Breeding. 10 Emir. 12 Into. 15 Flew. 17 Din.

4d. Robot harmed making PC maternal bit? (11)

1d. Targets suck when mad about acting (5-6)

5a. Throwing . . . or maybe moulding (7)

1a. OK so no Grimm sort in fiery chamber? (7,4)

13a. Trick-skated round — jolted into action (4-7)

12a. Yielded, in about a decade (7)

6d. Badge, so mangled, it just rots! (4,3)

5d. Make him care about mental demon (7)