| LUMBARNERVE | Any of the nerves that arise in pairs from the spinal cord (6,5) |
| BETABLOCKER | Drugs, such as propranolol, that inhibits the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline |
| NERVE | Fiber that conducts impulses from the spinal cord |
| YIPS | Term golfers give to nerves that mess up one's swing |
| ACROBAT | Entertainer's routine including leading pairs from Rome ballet |
| ROTATE | Leading pairs from rookie tag teams follow set order |
| SPINABIFIDA | A congenital condition in which the meninges of the spinal cord protrude through a gap in the backbone |
| LAMINECTOMY | Surgical removal of a portion of a vertebra, usually to gain access to the spinal cord (11) |
| GROWINGPAINS | Problems that arise in the early stages of life (7,5) |
| THOUGHTS | "And I would that my tongue could utter / The ... that arise in me" (Tennyson) |
| UTTER | "And I would that my tongue could ... /The thoughts that arise in me" (Tennyson) |
| AROMA | The smell of coffee that arises in the a.m. or afternoon (5) |
| LAWS | The book I, Robot centers on development of humanlike robots and the problems that arise from ethical programming, summed up in Asimov's ____ of robotics (4) |
| IRE | The annoyance or anger that arises in Eriskay (3) |
| ABOLISHES | Does away with one lob that arises in the Test trophy (9) |
| LEUCOTOMY | Surgical operation that involves cutting some of the nerve fibres in the frontal lobes of the brain |
| ALS | Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord. |
| EPENDYMA | Thin epithelial membrane that lines the ventricles of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord (8) |
| SCIATIC | ? nerve, that part of the nervous system beginning in the lower back and extending down the thigh |
| IMPUGN | Dispute that arises in buying up mines |
