Guess the words and Fill in the crossword ! Pitcherwits®

Pitcherwits® are crossword puzzles where some of the clues are in pictures. Sound easy? It’s not called “Pit-your-wits” for nothing! The mixture of cryptic and picture clues, combined with Professor Rebus’ unique sense of humour, will keep you entertained for hours.

Across

9 Eats, but not in order to satisfy (4)

10 Acknowledge an outer limit (4)

11 Can is opened up for Peruvians (5)

12 Hang about with a well-licked ice-lolly (4)

14 Maul over salty aluminium? (4)

Down

3 Tree overwhelmingly pollarded (3)

4 Classy way to say goodnight? (3)

6 A get-together? More like a loner! (7)

7 Aim to be listed in ascending order (3)

13 Insect coat made in black (3)

16 A sore head starts with fiery leftovers (3)

17 Be painted as being in opposition (3)

1 Place to check your mates’ progress? (5,4)

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The Little Red Hen House Northumberland

STUNNING HOLIDAY COTTAGE IN WARKWORTH, NORTHUMBERLAND

Enjoy your next family holiday with a stay at the delightful Little Red Hen House. An elegant and cosy holiday home just a 7 minute drive from award-winning and dog-friendly Warkworth beach.

✽ 2 spacious en-suite bedrooms

✽ A fully enclosed garden

✽ 3 small to medium dogs welcome upon request

✽ Fully equipped kitchen including an American style fridge freezer

✽ Perfect for exploring the stunning Northumbrian Heritage Coastline

✽ Walking distance to a range of dog friendly pubs, cafes and restaurants

✽ We have fast fibre Wi-Fi and smart TV’s

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View from the Allotment

At long last we have managed to grow some parsnips which resemble the parsnips shown in seed catalogue. The two parsnips on the left were grown in a raised bed where we had mixed topsoil with the compost from grow bags previously used for greenhouse tomatoes. This enabled us to produce a very fine tilth which was not overmatured and was free of stones. The stunted parsnip on the right was grown in soil which had been rotavated but was not stone free. Another advantage of a raised bed as one gets older is that one doesn’t have to bend so far to tend plants and when harvesting. Carrots and white icicle radish grow well in our raised beds as well. With such free draining soil in raised beds it is important to keep plants well-watered in dry weather. Working an allotment is quite therapeutic. Phone Jon the plot manager at Leabrooks (Bridle Lane) Allotment Association on 07591 333 871 about availability.

Martin Rumsby, Secretary, LBL