| NEUROTRANSMITTERS | Chemicals by which a nerve cell communicated with another nerve cell or with a muscle |
| NEUROTRANSMITTER | Chemical by which a nerve cell communicates |
| TABLESALT | Chart with sailor mentions a chemical by common name (5,4) |
| SYNAPSE | Junction across which a nerve impulse passes |
| DRASTIC | Serious physician, when presented with a muscle issue (7) |
| CAGE | Word for a hollow that came to mean a basket for fowls, a bottle-holder, a coop, a corf, a hutch, a netted goal, a prison cell or a squirrel's drey (4) |
| AXON | Long threadlike extension of a nerve cell along which outgoing nerve impulses are carried (4) |
| CATHODE | The terminal or electrode by which electrical current leaves a cell or battery |
| TOQUE | It is a small, round, close-fitting hat, brimless or with a small brim, once worn by both men and women. In the 12th and 13th centuries, women wore embroidered versions, made of velvet, satin, or taff |
| ESPADRILLE | Style of shoe with a jute sole, either flat or with a wedge heel (10) |
| ISOTONE | One of a related set of atoms, or with a letter added to the end, a brand of gloves |
| CLASPED | Held tightly with the hand or with a device with interlocking parts (7) |
| CHIFFONIER | A low cupboard used as a sideboard or with a raised bookshelf on top |
| HONEYCOMB | A structure in which bees store their brood, mel and pollen; suggestive of this, a bewildering maze of caves, cells or rooms; cinder toffee or hokey-pokey; hexagonal smocking; muqarnas; or, waffle fab |
| CORPUSCLE | Cell or other minute body suspended in fluid, especially a red or white blood cell (9) |
| RICECAKE | "Snack a Jack" or other cracker of popcorn-like puffed "long grain", eaten plain or with a topping (4,4) |
| BRAID | To arrange the hair by interweaving strands or with a band |
| TROUT | Freshwater fish caught by anglers or with a traditional method of tickling (5) |
| EXPRESS | Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise (7) |
| APSE | Large semi-circular recess, arched or with a domed roof at the eastern end of a church |
