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 on Monday.

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue 5 Rather sassy for a donkey (3) 7 Meal donated by estate agents (3) 8 Picture Clue 10 Cite, per unusual acknowledgment of payment (7) 11 Picture Clue 14 Fuel is back, but lower (3) 15 ‘Chatter’ about a drop (3) 16 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Scorch one’s character a bit (4) 3 Double act, now a dead duck? (4) 4 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 7 Picture Clue 9 Padres, said to have the garment (5) 12 Would, in days gone by, go all floppy (4) 13 Can seem open, but not full moon (4)

11a. Latest males — hounds of the headlines? (7)

7d. Giant TT circuit woven into needlework (7)

4d. Candles, said to be outraged? (11)

1d. Adamant no to truffles à la mode (4,7)

8a. Do cobra impression in Spanish city (7)

1a. ‘Les portes’ for that light entrance . . . (6,5)

16a. Glided round the heath feeling tipsy (5-6)

6d. Getting points with scissor points? (7)