| RECOVERY | A patient improvement, perhaps |
| PLACEBOEFFECT | Patient's improvement, possibly |
| REVISION | Improvement perhaps made on sight |
| STUDY | Room for mental improvement, perhaps |
| RECONSTRUCTION | An improvement, perhaps? (14) |
| NEWYOU | Goal of self-improvement, perhaps |
| OEWYOU | Goal of self-improvement, perhaps |
| PLACEBO | A substance with no effect given to a patient by a doctor instead of a drug (7) |
| PRESCRIPTION | Written instruction from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist stating the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a patient (12) |
| REFERRAL | The directing of a patient, usually by a GP, to a consultant or institution for specialist treatment (8) |
| OPERATION | Game in which players remove ailments from a likeness of a patient using a pair of tweezers (9) |
| OXYGENMASK | A device connected to a cylinder designed to help a patient to breathe more easily (6,4) |
| COUCH | Otter's holt; a frame upon which barley is malted; or, a day bed for a patient undergoing psychoanalysis (5) |
| ETHERIZED | "Like a patient ___ upon a table" (Eliot) |
| DOCTORNONO | Coming on to a patient, perhaps? |
| ILLER | Better to a rapper, worse to a patient |
| REFER | Send a patient to a specialist (5) |
| STRETCHER | A brick; a patient transport |
| PUTUPJOB | Propose to a patient man in a fix |
| REFERS | Directs a patient to a specialist (6) |
