| OPERATIVEWORDS | 'Scalpel ... Forceps ... Forceps, PLEASE, nurse!' Perhaps they're stressed (9,5) |
| REEDINSTRUMENTS | Scalpel, forceps, etc., for Dr. Walter |
| ABS | They're stressed at crunch time |
| ANIMALCRACKERS | Monkey nuts, perhaps - they're found in soup (6,8) |
| RUSHONESFENCES | Confess nurse! He resolved to act with undue haste (4,4,6) |
| TRIFLES | Flirt terribly with employees on vacation -- perhaps they're full of sherry? (7) |
| CONKERS | *Reckons, perhaps...they're paste-wrapped boilies (7) |
| TAPS | Perhaps they're hot and cold Spanish dishes an adult leaves (4) |
| RAGTAG | Stage managers leave en masse, perhaps they're a motely group (6) |
| CASTLES | On board, perhaps, they're called rooks (7) |
| LOOKAFTER | Butcher's chasing nurse! (4,5) |
| TEND | Nurse! Patient finally is going to die |
| SURGEON | Nurse! Go out and get doctor (7) |
| MISTER | London's East Enders say: "be careful of that woman nurse!" (6) |
| INSURERS | Nurse! Sir is injured...have they provided cover? (8) |
| TENDER | It's painful when touched - you need a nurse! (6) |
| NATURESTUDY | Tut day nurse! Old school name for learning about the natural world! (6,5) |
| EARWIGS | Insects with curved forceps at the tip of their abdomens (7) |
| CHAFER | Beetle hunter using wrong end of forceps |
| EARWIG | Garden insect with forceps-like pincers (6) |
