| DOCTORCAIUS | French physician in William Shakespeare stage comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| PEASEBLOSSOM | One of the fairies in William Shakespeare stage play A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| BIANCA | Lover of Cassio in William Shakespeare stage play Othello (6) |
| DULL | Constable in William Shakespeare stage play Love's Labour's Lost |
| OSRIC | Courtier in William Shakespeare stage play Hamlet |
| THETEMPEST | William Shakespeare stage play featuring the characters Miranda and Ariel (3,7) |
| TALE | see 7dn, William Shakespeare stage play featuring characters Hermione and Polixenes |
| THEWINTERS | William Shakespeare stage play featuring characters Hermione and Polixenes (3,7,4) |
| NODEOFRANVIER | Gap in the myelin sheath of a nerve fibre, named after the French physician (4,2,7) |
| INTERN | In the U.S., a resident assistant surgeon or physician in a hospital (6) |
| LINACRE | Thomas ___, chief founder and first president of the Royal College of Physicians in London (7) |
| PAGERS | The first ones were introduced in 1950 by physicians in the New York City area |
| THEODD | The ___, Neil Simon stage comedy; 1965 Tony Award Best Play nominee (3,3,6) |
| DEVILISAN | The ?, 1616 stage comedy by Ben Jonson (5,2,2,3) |
| EDUCATINGRITA | Willy Russell stage comedy which debuted in 1980 |
| AMOROUS | 'The -- Prawn', stage comedy by Anthony Kimmins (7) |
| RITA | Stage comedy by Willy Russell, premiered in 1980 (9,4) |
| EDUCATING | Stage comedy by Willy Russell, premiered in 1980 (9,4) |
| AMOROUSPRAWN | 'The ---', stage comedy by Anthony Kimmins (7,5) |
| LAENNEC | French physician whose invention of the stethoscope is said to be inspired by his skill in carving flutes (7) |
