| STIMULUS | Drugs that temporarily increase the action of the central nervous system (8) |
| EPILEPSY | Convulsive disorder of the central nervous system (8) |
| BELLBUOY | An anchored float rung by the action of the waves to warn shipping of shallow waters (4,4) |
| GANGLION | Dense cluster of nerve-cell bodies and synapses outside the central nervous system, usually enclosed in a tissue sheath (8) |
| AIRINDIA | National airline that temporarily reduced narrow-body operations due to a 15% cut in wide-body flights, aiming to strengthen network-wide operational stability. (8) |
| HARIKARI | A self-effacing action of the Japanese (4-4) |
| HARAKIRI | A self-effacing action of the Samurai (4-4) |
| APHASIA | Disorder of the central nervous system characterised by partial or total loss of the ability to communicate |
| GLIA | Non-neuronal tissue that surrounds and supports the nerve cells of the central nervous system; Greek, 'glue' (4) |
| BRAIN | Studied in neuroscience, organ forming part of the central nervous system with the spinal cord (5) |
| NEUROLOGY | The study of the central nervous system (9) |
| TETANUS | Infectious bacterial disease of the central nervous system also known as lockjaw (7) |
| SPINAL | Part of the central nervous system, ... canal (6) |
| GREYMATTER | Major component of the central nervous system (4,6) |
| RETINA | Only externally visible part of the central nervous system |
| CHOREA | Routine job on a disorder of the central nervous system (6) |
| PARKINSONS | - disease is a progressive chronic disorder of the central nervous system (10) |
| EXAMS | Tests show divorcee has a disease of the central nervous system (5) |
| SIDEROSIS | Multiple _, a chronic progressive disease of the central nervous system (9) |
| ANS | The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscle |
