| FORCEDPATTERN | Bed of procrustes |
| PROCRUSTEANBED | Bed of procrustes |
| THESEUS | Hero and king of Athens who killed Procrustes (7) |
| STRETCHONESLEGS | Take a walk, as Procrustes might do |
| BED | Procrustes had one |
| TESTBED | Research facility used by Procrustes? (4,3) |
| NEST | A bed of a being, bink of a bee, burrow of a badger or literal "sitting-down place" of a bird, built in the process of nidification; or, the brood occupying such a breeding ground (4) |
| BOTTOM | Word used to describe the foot of a hill, the bed of the sea, floor of a valley or the far end of a garden (6) |
| IDIOMS | Expressions with figurative or peculiar meanings - "piece of cake", "bed of roses", "apple of one's eye" to name a few (6) |
| BANK | A bed of shellfish; the edge of a river; or, a mass of cloud (4) |
| CLOVER | A trifoliate plant with flowers, "sucklers" and trefoils beloved by grazing cattle, hence recalled in a phrase meaning "bed of roses", "land of milk and honey" or "lap of luxury" (6) |
| LUXURY | Somewhere between Belgium and Germany, short mystery man with a fair amount of penury produced a bed of roses (6) |
| BILLABONG | Pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows only in the rainy season (9) |
| WALDORFSALAD | Dish consisting of apples, celery and walnuts, served with mayonnaise on bed of lettuce (7,5) |
| ENDURANCE | Wrecked ship of British Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton found on the bed of the Weddell Sea in March 2022 (9) |
| WADI | I find a bundle of notes in the dry bed of the torrent |
| SADHU | Hindu ascetic or "Baba" swathed in an ochre/saffron robe, whose acts of penitence include lying on a bed of nails and sleeping standing up (5) |
| COSMONAUTS | What do you say: Reds already under the bed of the Sea of Tranquillity? Space cadets! (10) |
| SEABASS | Fish of the perch family, a popular dish in Spain where it is called lubina, the traditional Mallorcan way to serve it is on a bed of potatoes (7) |
| CABINET | Word for a small private room, a Shakespearean bed of a beast, a box/case for a television, a cupboard with shelves or a fine Chippendale console of walnut, all from "little hut" (7) |
