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 7 Mistakenly, with items removed, could be gangly (5) 8 Upset duo to perform better (5) 9 Picture Clue 11 Picture Clue 14 Stretching as far as possible virtual monarch? (5) 15 Stupefy when saddled in the middle (5) 16 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Dispute to enter fast? (3-2) 3 Rested on the song (3) 4 Picture Clue 5 Draughty conditions for ale? (2,3) 6 Picture Clue 10 Picture Clue 12 Throw a line for the sake of the foreigner (5) 13 Make sense — totally? (3,2) 15 Tree now in fashion (3)

Friday’s solution ACROSS: 1 Recruitment. 5 Was. 7 Boa. 8 Parthia. 10 Rounded. 11 Amboyna. 14 Son. 15 Who. 16 Stock margin. DOWN: 1 Row of houses. 2 User. 3 Tosh. 4 Trample down. 6 Spartan. 7 Bandsaw. 9 Tango. 12 Bulk. 13 Yoga.