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 Millions reduced to poorly state (3) 6 A weedy bit of wonder? (3) 7 Picture Clue 10 Two-by-two — crafty old thing! (3) 11 Not Kilroy, but Taiwan ‘woz ere’! (7) 12 Begin to do it madly? — not bright! (3) 13 Picture Clue 16 Pressure of starting to plot some intrigue (1,1,1) 17 Do’s, listed in order (1,1,1) 18 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Ran out of Art Nouveau for an eyepiece (4) 3 Fuss to make it on to the list (2-2) 4 Picture Clue 5 Picture Clue 8 Desert ship arrived — at tail end (5) 9 Picture Clue 14 Test the weight of the ‘f’ sort (4) 15 Receive peerage from fencing gear (4)

1d. Broad bean fan of the insect world? (8)

4d. R ‘n’ B man, of ‘saintdom’ origins (4,6)

7a. Doc’s car struck in agreements? (7)

1a. Bribed, perhaps, with a purchase from? (6,3)

18a. Ascent one could make to be Oriental? (9)

13a. Peep place shows the ploys he uses (7)

9d. Kerb is adored? How odd! (8)

5d. Lofty, but not necessarily tall? (10)