| TSUNAMI | Another name of a seismic sea wave, often caused by a submarine earthquake or an underwater landslide. |
| JUNO | Cajun observer revealed another name of Lucina (4) |
| JOVE | Another name of the Roman god Jupiter (4) |
| ORACLEOFDELPHI | Another name of Pythia, prophetess linked to Apollo |
| GOODBYES | Waves often accompany them |
| CROUP | Narrowing of the airways, often caused by a virus, which causes distress and a 'barking' cough in yo |
| HEARTACHE | Emotional anguish or grief, often caused by the loss or absence of a loved one (9) |
| CEREBRALPALSY | An impairment of muscular function often caused by lack of oxygen to the brain during or immediately after birth (8,5) |
| EMBOLISM | An arterial blockage often caused by a blood clot (8) |
| BOIL | Swelling of the skin, often caused by infection of a hair follicle (4) |
| STRESSFRACTURE | Bone injury often caused by a significant increase in exercise |
| WART | Skin woe often caused by a virus |
| CRAMP | An involuntary and painful contraction of the muscles often caused by overexertion (5) |
| SMUDGE | A dirty stain, often caused by trying to remove a previous mark (6) |
| TSUNAMIS | Destructive sea waves caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption (8) |
| SWARMS | Dense bodies of flying bees, hence clouds of insects, crowds of people, showers of meteors, sequences of earthquakes or other myriads moving en masse (6) |
| PAROTITIS | Inflammation of a major salivary gland often caused by mumps (9) |
| EPICENTERPOEM | "This is the focal point / Above a seismic source / Where an earthquake proceeds / With devastating force," e.g.? |
| EARTHQUAKEDRILL | Practice exercise for a seismic event, and a hint to the starts of the starred clues' answers |
| TIDALWAVE | Seismic sea wave |
