PITCHERWITS Picture Clue

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 Picture Clue 9 Durum could turn out to be a container or a percussion instrument (4) 10 The frantic bit of

a rave? (4) 11 Miser upset by

Arabian chieftains (5) 12 Tackle one’s

terrible rage (4) 13 No greeting to hold

a monster! (4) 14 Picture Clue 16 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Forgo (or not!) the

hazy stuff (3) 3 Crystals generated by Atomic Energy Authority (3) 4 Picture Clue 6 7 Try pies out for sulphides (7) 8 Picture Clue 14 How about a bit of recognition for the gear? (3) 15 Candle material, with

actual xenon, initially (3)

16a. Ox is a blessing in disguise for old railway features (6,5)

1d. Flying gulls, not bad for killer creepy-crawlies (7,4)

4d. Degenerate, producing goods in ghetto (2,2,3,4)

1a. Win bagful of cooking that’s actually chicken! (7,4)

14a. Deviously swap act with person used (4-3)

6d. Laramie? Turns out it’s in Spain (7)

8d. Prone, as maybe non grata? (7)

5a. Supply line for talking? (3,4)