Shear signal in the CL 1701+6414 field and its best-fit model with two NFW components accounting for CL 1701+6414 and A 2246. Upper plot: the layout follows Fig. 2. The ROSAT position of A 2246 is marked by a big four-pointed star symbol. Smaller star symbols denote positions of further X-ray clusters. Lower left plot: the layout follows Fig. 2. The solid blue and dashed red lines give the mean tangential and cross shear components, averaged in bins around the CL 1701+6414 shear peak, as expected from the two-cluster model. The separation of the two main clusters is indicated by a vertical dotted line. Lower right plot: the orientations and amplitudes of the shear, as expected from the best-fit two-cluster model, calculated on a regular grid.