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 Nutty eye colour? (5) 8 Cook one takes as a leader (5) 9 Picture Clue 11 Picture Clue 14 Build a small library in the middle of the road for defence? (5) 15 Like North or South, it’s to bear (5) 16 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Thirteen, according to Baker? (5) 3 Solution, primarily for Roman sun god? (3) 4 Picture Clue 5 I care about Heather! (5) 6 Picture Clue 10 Picture Clue 12 A sail design with a different ID (5) 13 He’ll obviously lead the greeting! (5) 15 A bit patronising for a lump of butter! (3)

1a. What riders do in difficulty all over the place (2,8)

4d. About the pushbike, let’s use it again? (7)

11a. Damaged when pranged, relatively speaking (11)

1d. Wearing upper clothing for full speed ahead? (2,4,4)

6d. Redraft was made out for later (10)

10d. Renew form of ID for leftie whinge, say? (3,4)

16a. Insert, so as to make claims (10)

9a. Lifter to have upset angry Cretan (6,5)