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 7 Key another way in E Africa (5) 8 She’s from the manor (5) 9 Picture Clue 11 Picture Clue 14 Hood who could have been a birdman? (5) 15 Far above any useful trajectories (5) 16 Picture Clue DOWN 1 Picture Clue 2 Branched out of cattle farm (5) 3 Age of paper aeroplanes? (3) 4 Picture Clue 5 Make Guiseppe drive around! (5) 6 Picture Clue 10 Picture Clue 12 A shade on the ‘dumb rambling’ side (5) 13 Supple little bit of an article (5) 15 Employment in dangerous environment (3) Friday’s solution — ACROSS: 1 Shell jacket. 5 Wan. 7 Cue. 8 Ontario. 10 Omitted. 11 Bazooka. 14 Get. 15 Pop. 16 Turned aside. DOWN: 1 Saw the light. 2 Last. 3 Afar. 4 The Big Apple. 6 No doubt. 7 Cold tap. 9 Apt to. 12 Zone. 13 Orca.