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 Happen in havoc, curse it! (5) 7 Tick over, etc, gone but reset in Russian city (5) 9 Picture Clue 11 Selfish part of the category? (3) 12 Mouthpiece is a bit of a tart! (3) 13 Picture Clue 16 Try, in games, say (5) 17 Opt for some electrical appliances (5) 18 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Lulu, riding in, is glaringly vivid (5) 3 Shrinkages can range from all sorts of religious ones (5) 4 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 8 Picture Clue 10 It may turn up as a veg (3) 14 Destroy, albeit in a kingly way (5) 15 Mishap, near a stadium (5)

4d. Greeting segments — on the radio? (11)

1d. Orestes’ boat — place to park your tot? (7,4)

9a. Lot of cash neatly stashed? (4,3)

1a. Better scowl to appear as cable tightener (11)

18a. Sad, sibilant types in shore features (5,6)

13a. Eat farm produce to pause in scoring (7)

8d. Map gear, wrongly used for riot (7)

6d. Termination points made with scissors? (7)