Across
- 1. Deduce from evidence – Sherlock Holmes does it.
- 6. Happening slowly, step by step – like aging or learning.
- 9. Final judgment after reasoning; the end of a story.
- 11. Beat in a game, or ruin someone’s sneaky plan.
- 12. Protection for an invention, or an adjective meaning “obvious”.
- 13. Detects motion, heat or light – the “eye” of a security system.
- 15. Establish a city, or the past tense of “find”.
- 16. A sign of danger – like “Beware of dog” or a flashing light.
- 17. The result of an action, often an unwanted one.
- 18. A word for bubbling hot water and for a red skin lump.
- 19. Flip it on/off, or abruptly change your choice.
Down
- 2. Assess the worth – like grading a test or reviewing a film.
- 3. Mold‑born antibiotic that changed medicine forever.
- 4. Extremely smart person; in ancient Rome, a guardian spirit.
- 5. A large organisation – bank, hospital, or university.
- 7. Antimalarial drug named after a Greek hunter goddess.
- 8. Bitter herb in absinthe, also a falling star in Revelation.
- 10. A book of fiction, or an adjective meaning “brand‑new”.
- 11. Highest university degree – you earn the right to be called “Dr.”
- 14. Einstein’s famous work; also the idea that everything is connected.