| OPENONESHEART | Is this what surgeon might do at centre to let it be known what's going on inside? (4,3'1,5) |
| HEARTSTRINGS | Is this what surgeon uses to untie the organ? Expect a movement if they're pulled! (12) |
| OPERATING | What surgeon might be doing -- lecturing about physical exercise (9) |
| LANCE | What surgeon might use, cutting opening in unclothed heavenly body (5) |
| EEGS | Tests for what's going on inside the brain (abbr.) |
| EXTERIOR | Outside appearance doesn't reflect what's going on inside (8) |
| INTIMATE | Make known what's secret (8) |
| SEWYOUTOYOURSHEET | What an inept surgeon might do? |
| CUTADISC | What a back surgeon might do in theatre work, for the record (3,1,4) |
| HACKNEY | What reckless surgeon might do, they say, in joint replacement for old coach (7) |
| PARTY | If you see a house with balloons tied to the mailbox, there's probably a ___ going on inside |
| REMAINSTOBESEEN | Not yet known what's required from an opencasket funeral? (7,2,2,4) |
| CLEARTHEDECKS | What one might do at the end of card games to prepare for action? (5,3,5) |
| TAKEITTOHEART | What surgeon fitting pacemaker does is consider it deeply (4,2,2,5) |
| SWEEPTHEBOARD | What teacher might do at end of class to win everything (5,3,5) |
| ADVERTISE | Let it be known that Eva's tired of it all (9) |
| EMOJI | In 2016 the Unicode Consortium let it be known that Stephen Colbert now has one, featuring a raised eyebrow |
| REPEAT | Direct expert orator at centre to do it again |
| INTHEPICTURE | Having known what was going on, is among those shot (2,3,7) |
| REOPENOLDWOUNDS | What surgeon removing implants will do to remind one of past unpleasant experiences (6,3,6) |