| NEOMYCIN | Antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces fradiae commonly used to treat eye anc skin infections (8) |
| ARNICA | A plant preparation commonly used to treat bruises (6) |
| EYEBRIGHT | Plant of genus Euphrasia, once used to treat eye diseases (9) |
| NYSTATIN | Antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces noursei used in the treatment of fungal infections |
| MYOPIA | One may have operation to treat eye condition (6) |
| PENICILLIN | Antibiotic obtained from a fungus (10) |
| ALLICIN | Powerful antibiotic obtained from garlic (7) |
| COUNT | Down for the ___ boxing term that's commonly used to refer to lost struggles |
| POST | First past the ___ British horse racing term that's commonly used to refer to a voting system |
| SAVED | ___ by the bell boxing term that's commonly used to refer to narrow escapes |
| ALECOST | Tanacetum balsamita, commonly used to flavour beer prior to the use of hops; also called costmary (7) |
| COLLYRIA | Ointments to treat eyes, firm lines turning delicate |
| FIREBLIGHT | Disease of apples, pears etc. caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, giving the leaves a scorched appearance (4,6) |
| RETRONYM | New term coined to restore the original meaning of a word now commonly used to indicate something else, as in snail mail and acoustic guitar (8) |
| HDMI | Cable commonly used to connect a TV to a laptop/DVD player etc. (1,1,1,1) |
| BEVY | Word meaning "group" that's most commonly used to refer to birds |
| HEAVYWEIGHT | Boxing class also a word commonly used to refer to something that's important or influential |
| SLAMDUNK | Basketball shot also a word commonly used to refer to something done very successfully: 2 wds. |
| WARFARIN | Anticoagulant commonly used to prevent blood clots in the circulatory system (8) |
| MEGAPIXEL | Unit of measurement commonly used to describe the image resolution offered by a digital camera (9) |
