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 Picture Clue 7 Metes out encounters (5) 8 Marine pinging — a bad case of arson (5) 9 Crannies? Back soon with cocktail (5) 11 I’ve a mind to do a little office work (5) 12 Picture Clue 13 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Map man — with the world on his shoulders? (5) 3 Pull huge teeth out of tussocks (5) 4 Picture Clue 5 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 10 Wines matured in muscle connector (5) 11 Ear-like arousal? Not so unlikely! (5)

4d. No-cost management that’s well-oiled? (4,7)

1d. Taking the best offering Mac gives (8,3)

5a. Total cost of flu ravaging slum (4,3)

1a. Bread for now? Tasty with butter! (7,4)

13a. Lakeland tramping – tumble on hike? (4-7)

12a. Turn mat over in bout of temper (7)

6d. The least you can do, little mother? (7)

5d. What Wren did, we flout at our peril (4,3)