| INKBLOT | Any one of a series of smudge-like patterns used in psychological tests devised by Hermann Rorschach (7) |
| SALVIA | Velvety-leaved herb of smudge stick, potager or Paxo whose name, from "safe, save, secure", reflects its ancient use as a healing plant and/or perceived medicinal properties (6) |
| INKBLOTS | Symmetrical images in psychological tests |
| SMEARY | Full of smudges |
| INKBLOTTEST | A personality assessment devised by Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach (7,4) |
| TRANSEPT | Patterns used for part of a church (8) |
| PROTEST | Like Hermann Rorschach? |
| BARCODES | Patterns used for pricing fish in strips (3,5) |
| PLAIDS | Patterns used for kilts |
| BLOTS | Some psychological tests |
| KNOT | A bend, bow, hitch, tie or other entwinement; a cluster of people; a maze-like pattern of flowers in a formal garden; a rosette; or, a tangle of hair (4) |
| HERRINGBONE | A pattern used in textiles and brickwork consisting of a series of parallel vs or zigzags (11) |
| BLOT | Splodge of ink, such as one used in a Rorschach psychological test (4) |
| REASON | 'Religion of ****** : Out of the Sources of Judaism', work by Hermann Cohen published in 1919 (6) |
| MARQUETRY | A decorative veneer in which pieces of varicoloured wood, motherof- pearl, ivory etc form elaborate mosaic-like patterns on furniture (9) |
| ASTERISM | Constellation-like pattern or group of stars; or, three asterisks arranged in a triangle (8) |
| NINES | They're used in psychological pricing |
| EGOTIST | One test devised to rein in progress of conceited individual (7) |
| MANINTHEMOON | Term for the appearance of a face-like pattern on the lunar surface (3,2,3,4) |
| ABEAM | Geometric pattern used in computer models |
