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. SOLUTION ON MONDAY

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue

5 Anteaters’ meal? (3) 7 Scam that goes

with a pro? (3)

8 Picture Clue

10 Lady to rig out? She’s

no boarder! (7)

11 Picture Clue

14 Eat away at

beauty purchase (3) 15 Broadcast the pig? Only on paper! (3)

16 Picture Clue DOWN 1 Picture Clue

2 Bronco laid out

the fizzy one (4)

3 Report of old villain

in church centre (4) 4 Picture Clue

6 Picture Clue 7 Picture Clue

9 Feline to mate with

shark or lily (5)

12 One in an army

patrol (4)

13 Keen on having some

Pinto beans (4)

4d. Crawled into the open to discover it’s a light intensity (11)

16a. Subtle regrowth of kin who is on the late shift (11)

8a. Ah! A cute depiction of a French castle (7)

1d. Borscht? On us, maybe, for the Easter egg forerunner! (3,5,3)

6d. City aid that unfortunately turned to sourness (7)

1a. ‘Hornet’ comic, out of print? That’s just like us! (11)

11a. Trout is poached, as one is on holiday (7)

7d. Meat slices for smaller rentals? (7)