| HEIMLICH | Henry ******** , US surgeon born in 1920 who invented a manoeuvre for stopping choking (8) |
| MESSITER | Ian ___, radio producer born in 1920 who invented panel game Just a Minute |
| KIDNEY | This organ was first transplanted in 1950 by US surgeon Richard Lawler |
| LISTER | Joseph, British surgeon born in 1827 who introduced the use of antiseptics (6) |
| POTT | Percival, surgeon born in 1714 and a founder of orthopaedics (4) |
| EVANS | Godfrey ___ , English wicketkeeper born in 1920 who played for Kent and earned 91 Test caps for England (5) |
| CURET | US surgeon's instrument about to penetrate wound |
| FRANKLIN | Rosalind, chemist born in 1920 whose work was key to discovering the structure of DNA (8) |
| DROPKICK | Rugby manoeuvre for scoring a goal (4,4) |
| CETACEAN | Enact ace manoeuvre for whale or dolphin (8) |
| ALKALOID | Do a kill, a manoeuvre using morphine (8) |
| TRANSFER | Faster RN manoeuvres for assignment (8) |
| STITCHUP | A manoeuvre placing someone wrongly in the blame |
| ANGELINA | She could be leaning into a manoeuvre (8) |
| BUNT | Baggy centre of a sail or net; a push with horns; a gentle tap of a pitched baseball; or, a manoeuvre in which a pilot draws a half circle in the sky (4) |
| LOOP | A coil in string or yarn; a picot; a jubilee clip; or, a manoeuvre in which a plane describes a circle in the air (4) |
| HEINZ | Henry, US founder of a prepared foods company in 1869, nicknamed the Pickle King (5) |
| PLAGIARISTS | A pal stirs GI's manoeuvre for those who steal others' ideas |
| FIREMANSLIFT | Fellow in firm least adapted to make manoeuvre for rescue? (8,4) |
| ISAACSTERN | Polish-born U.S. classical violinist born in 1920 (5,5) |