PITCHERWITS

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue

5 Heartily thumps, say,

palms or wings (3)

6 ‘Crystals’ (in

basic English) (3)

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10 Nip into Mississippi

territory (3)

11 Lord to make a bid

for the dodo (3,4)

12 Some pretty awful

origins for Bath? (3)

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16 Took in tea in a

bizarre fashion (3)

17 Aim of the agenda? (3) 18 Picture Clue

DOWN

1 Picture Clue

2 Get the key from

Uncle Fred’s (4) 3 What I learned to hide on a kitchen wall (4) 4 Picture Clue

5 Picture Clue 8 Cart off bacterium in

order to permeate (5) 9 Picture Clue

14 Note five repeated, because it’s only moderate (2-2)

15 Almost stun with reports of the week’s units (4)

4d. Diacritic, about to be added crudely for fruity stuff! (6,4)

5d. Cowgirl? Could she be one of your loyal ones, Ma’am? (5,5)

9d. Best heed these characters, however you can sleep on it (8)

18a. Conceit of a Rolls Royce all made wrong! (9)

1d. Where they check your X’s when you leave (4,4)

1a. That’s odd, sounds like a has-been perfume! (9)

13a. Greasy crop that does lie in ruins? (7)

7a. Gate that’s brave if attempted (4,3)