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 Initially adoring the fuss (3) 6 Tea store’s burnt out (3) 7 Picture Clue 10 Pronoun — said to be sheepish? (3) 11 Lamb, too shocked to be a draw (7) 12 Cut back formally, say (3) 13 Picture Clue 16 So! A half-sunken fence! (3) 17 Dramatic reminder of ‘The Rescuers’ (3) 18 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Called one ‘on the ladder’? (4) 3 Smooth out the elevenses (4) 4 Picture Clue 5 Picture Clue 8 No rib broken on little bird (5) 9 Picture Clue 14 Children to incur living costs (4) 15 Concoction, also known as ‘5’ in Polynesian drink (4) Yesterday’s solution ACROSS: 1 No-score draw. 5 Limoges. 8 Hirer. 9 Torch. 10 Alibi. 12 Abhor. 14 Think up. 15 Air Force One. DOWN: 1 North Dakota. 2 Solar. 3 Riser. 4 Weighbridge. 6 Martini. 7 Get back. 11 Inter. 13 Hippo.