Pick Me Up Issue 23

[hanifa1963]

Would appreciate some help,
Puzzle 9 - Q.3 (down) most rude _o_r_e_t / Q. 16 (D) m_e_n_i_ / Q.17 (D) o_t_r_a_
Many thanks
Hanifa

[fiction-factory]

clues for 16 and 17 would help please? Sorry i don't have the mag

[fiction-factory]

outbreak fits the last pattern

[fiction-factory]

coarsest

[hanifa1963]

Clue for 16 (D) 'Submissive behaviour m-e-n-i- - Answer please

[fiction-factory]

It looks like you have an extra space in there now- is it 8 or 9 please?

[mallyh]

3 coarsest
16 meekness
17 outbreak

[fiction-factory]

meekness?

[hanifa1963]

Question Author
Clue for 16 (D) 'Submissive behaviour m-e-n-i- Answer please

[fiction-factory]

Answered earlier by mallhy and me as 'meekness'