| THETHINREDLINE | "I'm Sean Penn. If Bush attacks Iraq, he'll be responsible for ___ of blood in the desert." |
| APOOL | "She sees the bartender in ___ of blood" (Bob Dylan lyric) |
| ARUSH | "___ of Blood to the Head" (Coldplay album) |
| ICHOR | Thin watery or blood-tinged discharge; an ethereal fluid taking the place of blood in the veins of the ancient Greek gods |
| HARVEY | William ___, the first known physician to recognise and demonstrate the circulation of blood in the human body (6) |
| HUNGARY | The 'Blood in the Water' water polo match was played between the Soviet Union and ___ at the 1956 Melbourne Games, against the backdrop of a Soviet invasion of this country |
| LITER | One of about five of blood in the average adult body |
| ISCHAEMIA | Inadequate flow of blood in the body (9) |
| PULSE | Beat of blood in the wrist (5) |
| PLASMA | The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, in which blood cells are suspended (6) |
| HAEMATOMA | Localised swelling caused by the clotting of blood in an organ or tissue (9) |
| AORTA | Bar the odd bits, savour steak - there's a lot of blood in it (5) |
| LOBSTER | Doesn't know what one is doing securing type of blood in hospital for crabby relative (7) |
| OXYGENATED | Like the blood in the pulmonary veins |
| ALLEGORY | Everything covered in blood, in the East? It's symbolic |
| BAD | Word before "Liar," "Guy," and "Blood" in the titles of pop hits |
| WHITBY | Little lad drained of type of blood in scene from Dracula (6) |
| DISORDERED | Did rose turn the colour of blood in confusion? (10) |
| CHIRON | Centaur on staff at Camp Half-Blood, in the Percy Jackson series |
| CUSTODY | Albert Square residents Phil Mitchell and Denise Fox fought for ___ of their son Raymond (7) |
