PITCHERWITS

ACROSS 1 Picture Clue

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9 Blabbermouth!

Usher in silence! (4)

10 Volcano crudely justified

when the tide’s out (4) 11 Leapt about like a

bit of a flower (5)

12 Acts deceitfully with

key rings? (4)

14 Drastic sort of cure

for beige! (4)

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3 Little adder? (3)

4 Engineered something

of a maiden name (3)

6 One to turn out as

a particle (7)

7 Behaviour that’s something of a credit to you (1,1,1) 8 Picture Clue

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13 Business section

of transport (3)

16 Briefly, it’s all the rest of the baronetcy (3)

17 Dishonestly won

what you possess (3)

1d. Strove to get a contentious Freud into posh surroundings (6,3)

2d. Work out features that the mole does with molehills? (4-3)

10d. Elf is by far the worst at what time does (5,2)

1a. The ratio for this piece? (10)

5a. Lookouts stuck in resin that’s now set, enigmatically! (8)

8d. Ode to pin-ups penned when surveillance used (5,4)

15a. Ends pros and cons and reacts (8)

18a. Rustic sort of compatriot? (10)