Pitcher Wits

[dylan2]

4D not revolutionary king. LOUIE. ??????E
10a water clock tow it out to produce fire noise. O???R

[mac44]

10a. crackle

[factor-fiction]

Have you got the patterns the wrong way round?

[factor-fiction]

Take TOW out of anagram of WATERCLOCK and you get CRACKLE

[factor-fiction]

Is LOUIE part of the clue or part of the answer?
(I ask because you have a full stop after KING)

[dylan2]

4d ????? ?????E not revolutionary king

[dylan2]

Part of the answer

[scorpiojo]

Louis Quinze??

[factor-fiction]

I'm still not sure about the Louis bit

[scorpiojo]

Me neither

[factor-fiction]

Okay thanks. SO you are certain of the Louie bit are you?

[factor-fiction]

What letters do you have please that leads you to think LOUIE is in the answer?

[factor-fiction]

You were showing 7 letters for the bit after Louis but now I think you are showing only 6.

[dylan2]

Could be louis

[factor-fiction]

I'll come back after lunch and see if things are clearer.
If you get no luck you may want to repost in Crosswords setting out exactly what pattern you have

[mac44]

scorpiojo is correct with Louis Quinze, loo e + cans.

[vakayu]

Are we to assume that if crackle is the answer for 10a then 4d is Louie o???r if clues are mixed up?

[factor-fiction]

It's either Louie or Louis plus a 6 or 7 letter word ending in E.
It's looks like Louis Quinz is the poular answer but i can't work out the Loo+E+cans wordplay

[factor-fiction]

Maybe it's just French for Louis XV

[factor-fiction]

I meant Quinze -French for XV (15)

[vakayu]

Hi factor,then excuse me for being thick but what has o???r got to do with anything?