| DEFIBRILLATOR | Apparatus that applies an electric current to the chest wall or heart (13) |
| FLEX | An insulated cable for carrying electric current to an appliance (4) |
| STANDINGORDER | A rule that applies to a place or group |
| HEARTTOHEARTS | Are cards kept close to the chest in these talks? On the contrary |
| CANNONBALLDIV | Jump into water while holding the knees to the chest |
| PNEUMOTHORAX | A collection of air or gas in the pleural cavity of the chest between the lung and the chest wall |
| ELECTRICMOTOR | Device converting a current to mechanical energy (8,5) |
| ELECTROMAGNET | Device using current to attract iron |
| RIB | One of the 24 curved arches of bone that form the chest wall (3) |
| FALSERIBS | The lower five pairs of curved bones forming the chest wall in man (5,4) |
| UPTODATE | Modern and current to the times (2-2-4) |
| ACTON | Carry out with current to the edge of lagoon (3,2) |
| RIBS | Curved elastic arches of bone forming the chest wall in humans (4) |
| IMPASTO | Painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible. |
| OPPOSITESATTRACT | Maxim that applies to pairs hiding together in the answers to starred clues |
| TUCK | Sewn fold or pleat; or, a position in various sports in which the knees are drawn close to the chest (4) |
| DRAWERS | What gave you an irresistible urge to go over to the chest? (7) |
| THORACIC | Of, or relating to, the chest or thorax (8) |
| PLATEN | Part of a printing press that applies pressure to the paper and type; or, a roller in a typewriter (6) |
| SPREADER | A broadcaster, butter/palette knife, gossip-monger, muck-raker, spatula, trowel, virus carrier or other person or thing that applies, disseminates, publicises, scatters or transmits (8) |
