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 8 That place, said to belong to them (5) 9 Top gear Tara takes one in for (5) 10 Tin (or alloy) is a short beginning (5) 12 Raise limit and turn on side (5) 14 Picture clue 15 Picture clue

DOWN

1 Picture clue 2 It was a Beau sort of film! (5) 3 Harvest a crop of dried coconut (5) 4 Picture clue 6 Picture clue 7 Picture clue 11 Junction laid out like the sea (5) 13 Follow on from green suede . . . (5)

Yesterday’s solution ACROSS: 1 Asiatic flu. 7 Ovule. 8 Nadia. 9 Eye for an eye. 11 Carlton Club. 14 Niece. 15 Fraud. 16 Before dawn. DOWN: 1 Adolescent. 2 Inure. 3 Toe. 4 Contain. 5 Ladle. 6 Baden Baden. 10 On the go. 12 Reeve. 13 Llama. 15 Fie.

4d. In a good state (4,3, 4)

5a. Does not fall down (5, 2)

1a. Mystery gadget container (3,2, 6)

14a. Currently useful in states (7)

6d. So, you don’t need a radiator? (3, 4)

1d. Paintbox brown (5, 6)

15a. Ok, but . . . (3,4, 4)

7d. Fruity answer! (7)