1 ac (11)handy instruments of torture ???????r?w?
10 ac (9) Causing violent distortion???????s
12 ac (7) City north west England (no letters)
14ac (10) High level conference participants (or successful climbers, perhaps!)
7 down (6) Old method public punishment (no letters)
2 down (5) mob, multitude
3 down (8) peak, ben
4 down (7) whip or flog severely (no letters but i think it could be trounce
Hi fellow quizzers, I'm really baffled with the last few clues on this crossword, all help provided is very welcome/I may have some wrong letters, therefore baffling me here for past few hours. It's only one corner but the theme of the crossword is punishment, I can't begin to imagine what my browsing history looks like with all this dark searching
Thanks for all replies