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.

1d. Currency — marks the issue of dolls in rags (6,5)

4d. Be merry! — like an ardent kid awry (3,3,5)

5a. Egged on in edict issued (7)

1a. Very late, Anne dodged a problem (4,3,4)

14a. Nods to key cutting by lions’ leaders in WW1 (7)

15a. Cheetah’s pack, say — cardsharp’s trick (7,4)

7d. Can be drawn from a tin of eels — yuk! (7)

6d. Add to odd chicken soup, but pose not! (5,2)