| RABBITPUNCH | A sharp blow to the back of the head or to the base of the skull that can cause serious injury (6,5) |
| SINUSES | Air-filled cavities in the bones of the skull that can be frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid or maxillary (7) |
| ECOLI | Rod-shaped bacterium that can cause serious food poisoning (1,4) |
| SMOTE | Dealt a sharp blow to |
| JAB | Quick, sharp blow to the body; slang for an injection (3) |
| RIBSHOT | Sharp blow to the chest |
| NASOPHARYNX | Uppermost part of the throat, extending from the base of the skull to the soft palate (11) |
| HOSPITALISE | Skewer boxer wearing tights and cause serious injury (11) |
| HEEL | Piece of the main stem left attached to the base of a cutting, or back of the foot (4) |
| LESEMAJESTY | A joke, outwardly seemly, arranged to cause serious offence |
| GRAVEDOUBTS | Do they cause serious concern at the interment? (5,6) |
| OCCIPITAL | Of, or relating to, the back of the head or skull (9) |
| PALM | The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers. |
| INION | Most prominent projection of the occipital bone at the base of the skull, used as a point of measurement in craniometry (5) |
| THORACICDUCT | Canal which begins below the diaphragm and ascends in front of the spinal column to the base of the neck (8,4) |
| CRANIUM | The part of the skull that encloses the brain. (7) |
| CAR | What nasty Carl White crashed in London's Docklands to cause serious injury to Phil in EastEnders recently (3) |
| MIGRAINES | Word, from Greek for "half skull", for throbbing bouts of cephalalgia, typically affecting one side of the head; or, lowness of one's spirits (9) |
| PITUITARY | The master endocrine gland, attached by a stalk to the base of the brain (9) |
| THORACIC | The --- duct begins below the diaphragm and ascends to the base of the neck (8) |
