| TRENCHFEVER | Acute infectious disease caused by a bacterium and transmitted by the bite of a body louse (6,5) |
| RABIES | Acute viral disease, usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal (6) |
| TYPHOID | ___ fever, an acute, infectious disease caused by a bacterium of the Salmonella genus (7) |
| COOTIE | Body louse (in the US) (6) |
| MALARIA | Disease transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito (7) |
| MICROBE | Small living thing that include bacterium and epizoon (5) |
| PIPED | Part of time signal edited and transmitted by wire |
| DENGUE | Fever/disease caused by the bite of a mosquito (6) |
| TETANUS | Infectious disease caused by the release of toxins from a bacterium, the spores of which are found in soil |
| BUBONIC | --- plague is caused by the bite of a rat flea (7) |
| TRENCH | --- fever is an acute infectious disease caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana (6) |
| YELLOWFEVER | Acute infectious disease also called black vomit |
| CRUNCH | Word imitative of a loud champ, chew or chomp of a croquette or bite of a biscuit; a crisis; a credit squeeze; a sit-up; or, the moment of truth (6) |
| TREPANG | Salesman absorbed by the bite of a Chinese delicacy (7) |
| GLANDULARFEVER | An acute infectious disease caused by the Epstein-barr virus (9,5) |
| LYME | Disease caused by bacteria in the bite of a deer tick |
| TREACLE | Ancient antidote against the venom of a serpent or cure for the bite of a wild beast, today's golden syrup or molasses for sweetening ginger cake, parkin, sponge pudding, sticky tart or even wholemeal |
| BOASTING | Talking proudly of the bite of a non-poisonous snake (8) |
| LETHAL | Like the bite of a king cobra |
| MOLESTING | The bite of a small animal is worrying |
