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 Doctors club’s a bit flamboyant, in retrospect (1,1,1) 6 Classy title? (3) 7 Picture Clue 10 Chilled out, but unwell (3) 11 Anticipates all except Sweden to re-group (7) 12 Do the lace — cheap and vulgar? (3) 13 Picture Clue 16 Slippery one swims back to shelter (3) 17 Badly use this woman (3) 18 Picture Clue DOWN 1 Picture Clue 2 Makes mistake — errors! (or not...) (4) 3 At which state the drillers can rest (4) 4 Picture Clue 5 Picture Clue 8 Right royal old pop group? (5) 9 Picture Clue 14 Powder in crystalcoated form (4) 15 Thin strip at last! (4) Yesterday’s solution ACROSS: 1 Interesting. 5 Control. 8 Vital. 9 Stout. 10 Roast. 12 Olive. 14 Supreme. 15 The big match. DOWN: 1 Inadvertent. 2 Tacit. 3 Igloo. 4 Goes to earth. 6 No let-up. 7 Restore. 11 Aisle. 13 Inert.

7a. Sucking sound of clues at headquarters (7)

4d. Codger with scythe? (6,4)

1d. Blesses a mess without foundation (8)

1a. Rotten insect to leave suddenly? (6,3)

5d. Chair’s in blind terror? Think product! (10)

18a. Ergo someone, say... (9)

13a. Hurries to acquire seat on NHS (7)

9d. Lacking energy — no set of items? (8)