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

9 Powder found in least alcoholic setting (4)

10 Right fuss about the finale! (4)

11 Girl going to size zero? It’s loopy! (5)

12 That wink you have, it’s somewhat dark (4)

14 Hexameter cut from the test (4)

15 Picture Clue

18 Picture Clue

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1 Picture Clue

2 Picture Clue

3 Draw in some ambiguities (3)

4 Trip to have gone away from! (3)

6 Washer’s flap? (2,1,4) 7 It’s also in Lotto, obviously! (3)

8 Picture Clue

10 Picture Clue

13 Young one who can deceive you? (3)

16 Edward’s expected to last (3)

17 Arrest that can up the bar (3)

8d. Commercial symbol with which to swap a grade? (9)

5a. See you soon, Monsieur! (Tone a bit cheeky?) (1,7)

18a. Block-in that can break up old relationships (6,4)

10d. Deceit using a vertical dustsheet? (5-2)

1d. Posh crocks made in batches? (4,5)

1a. Buzzer’s for holding poisons? (10)

2d. Like a former bill? Precisely! (7)

15a. Eating in ardent fashion? (2,6)