| NADIR | Low point for poor doctor, a Scotsman |
| PRESSURECOOKER | Poor doctor finally seeks cure, battling a tense situation (8,6) |
| DROOPY | Sagging, many poor doctors are only partially up to it (6) |
| PERIGEE | A low point for a single copy of 5 |
| BOTTOM | It's a real low point for the gun strap (6) |
| SOLSTICE | High or low point for the sun |
| COLA | Low point for every drink |
| MOON | Low point for our satellite? |
| RATTIGAN | Haggard heroine recalling low point for dramatist (8) |
| SHERIDAN | Haggard heroine recalling low point for dramatist (8) |
| MOOSE | Low points for large quadruped (5) |
| DEPTHS | Low points for PhD set piece? (6) |
| CROAKER | A grumbler or pessimist; slang word for a doctor; a fish also called a drum; or, an animal such as frog, raven or toad that utters a low hoarse sound (7) |
| BOWTIE | Adorned by Bond, Churchill, Poirot and the 11th incarnation of the Doctor, a neck accessory with a shape reflected in farfalle or "butterfly" pasta; or, a pattern for patchwork quilts, resembling this |
| THEHUXTABLES | A doctor, a lawyer, four girls and a boy |
| VETCH | The growing need to doctor a pet for a companion (5) |
| DRAM | A small amount for doctor a morning after |
| DRAMATISATION | Making a play for doctor, a mother mixes one statin with love (13) |
| JAMB | Knave gets a doctor a doorpost (4) |
| MONARCH | Ranch worked by a doctor - a VIP |