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 9 Gentle vying within to impose (4) 10 A change in picture treatment (4) 11 A loss, calculated to be loopy! (5) 12 Smuggle eggs in with gloating (4) 14 Resting on one T-shirt (4) 15 Picture Clue 18 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Picture Clue 3 The sound of avian amazement? (3) 4 Oceanic sort of change? (3) 6 Mat quality that’s often matt (3-4) 7 Pleasing area of meadow (3) 8 Picture Clue 10 Picture Clue 13 Accelerated the timeframe (3) 16 Spare one? Just a tease! (3) 17 States of arousal (1,1,1)

2d. Fresh air transport, designed by Cicely B.? (7)

1d. Table design to bandy about? (3-6)

5a. Church rules — now in a special clan (5,3)

1a. Transports of soapsuds, rather than delight? (6,4)

18a. This surely, say, can’t do what it claims? (10)

15a. Use resource, onward and up around! (4,4)

10d. Hans on a mission to praise God, say (7)

8d. Earwig to give a nasty nip at seaside (5,4)