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 Either I leave, or there’s an atmosphere (5) 7 Indian city where I held sway (5) 9 Picture Clue 11 An admirer of fury? (3) 12 Headwear that’s out now (3) 13 Picture Clue 16 Dictator’s scar removed, leaving same thing! (5) 17 Season, say, for seasoning (5) 18 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Tense diner, vying for a portion (5) 3 Fraud I ought to make out as sound (5) 4 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 8 Picture Clue 10 Wallop? Bit of a prune, more like (3) 14 Strap, with ongoing sections (5) 15 Route taken to a kind of space (5)