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 5 Picture clue 7 Deduce it’s certain ferocious outbursts (5) 8 No cure for porcupine to drop by (3,2) 9 Arise — to the outfit? (3,2) 11 Brutal in The Sea, according to Monsarrat (5) 12 Picture clue 13 Picture clue DOWN 1 Picture clue 2 Remember to finish what’s left of the fire (5) 3 Provide with a virtual joke? (5) 4 Picture clue 5 Picture clue 6 Picture clue

10 Lip action to hold coins? (5)

11 Such elation of a Hindu disciple! (5) Friday’s solution ACROSS: 1 Dumbstruck. 7 Annex. 8 Hebrews. 11 Dense. 13 Antic. 14 Air leak. 16 Owlet. 18 Diesel fuel.

DOWN: 2 Urn. 3 Box hedge. 4 Rear. 5 Kansas City. 6 Hand-reared. 9 Break off. 10 Emit. 12 Near. 15 Lass. 17 Lie.