PITCHERWITS

TM 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.

ACROSS 1 Picture Clue

7 Slipshod carpentry nowhere near to the vault (5)

8 Picture Clue

11 Said to pinch

metallic stuff (5)

13 Salty, Derby place? (5) 14 Picture Clue

16 40 – 40: stagger,

cede and turn in (5) 18 Picture Clue

DOWN

2 Creepy woman? (3) 3 Picture Clue

4 Approach the line

around the centre (4)

5 Picture Clue

6 Picture Clue

9 Picture Clue

10 Bread rolls in cobwebs,

brushed off the internet (4) 12 Semi-arid, but not

said to be suited to an Arab leader (4) 15 It’s a no-no to

shake it all about at midday (4)

17 Sue without

purpose (3)

5d. Clumsy worker’s action, useful for a forger? (4,6)

9d. Aim to find tin, noted for its unusual shape (6,2)

18a. Skim from angler to cove? Dreadful! (6,4)

1a. Not considered, even though price is reduced (10)

3d. Pet entry points where Moggy panics? (8)

6d. Sport to put the skids under you? (3,7)

14a. Opens the tap in an exciting way? (5,2)

8a. Blonde PW? It is one, gov’! (4,3)