PITCHERWITSTM

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 7 Right puzzle is this? It’s

a cinch! (5) 8 Metal bob that’s said to follow Victoria in the orchard (5) 9 Notable, but not at outlandish peace prize (5) 11 Similar vacancies, with ‘in-betweeninsect’ (5) 12 Picture Clue 13 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Flag, to a hothead,

means whiskey! (5) 3 Seventh, said vertically to enliven (3,2) 4 Picture Clue 5 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 10 Surgical knife for

the corporal? (5) 11 Soul mixed up on Fourth

of July? Rotten! (5)

13a. Try to serenade every which way in early youth (6,5)

1d. Tightly squeezing unit growing in style (8,3)

12a. Parodies of vertical transmissions? (4-3)

6d. Landowners involved in risqué safety first (7)

4d. Ceremonial officials that are nutmegs? (4,7)

5a. Splinters found in organ aboard the old ship (7)

1a. ‘Origami town’ building, a pre-appointment site? (7,4)

5d. Crises the bottle opener created for writers (7)