| TROCHE | Some metro chemists produce a pill |
| ZONALLY | Relating to some metro divisions |
| TAB | Versatile word with meanings including an aerofoil, a bill, a cigarette, a collar insignia, a dose of LSD, a flap, a fob, a loop of a theatrical curtain, the drape itself, musical notation, a pill, a |
| BOBBLE | Word for the oscillating motion of disturbed water or of a floating cork; a pill on the surface of cloth; a pompom for a woolly hat; a tie for a ponytail; or, a bungle, fluff, fudge or fumble (6) |
| PAIN | Pill or a reason to take a pill |
| IPAD | Knock back some speed, a pill or a tablet |
| DOSE | A pill a day, say |
| CAPSULE | Solved clues about a packet, initially, or a pill |
| NULLIPARA | Back a pill taken by a single mum? No (9) |
| PAINKILLER | Could be a pill largely like Nurofen, for a start? Right (10) |
| PLACEBO | Substance as a pill containing no medicine but given to please a patient who supposes it to be genuine medicine |
| PINK | US singer whose hits include Just Like A Pill, So What and Just Give Me A Reason (4) |
| RONSUPPLEMENT | "We've taken 7 percent off a pill to treat anemia so you can get a ___. Who wouldn't want extra time with Hollywood director Howard?" |
| TIMERELEASE | (of a pill) having an affect gradually throughout a period (4-7) |
| PALLIATIVE | A pill, one a vet uses as it alleviates pain (10) |
| PROTOCOL | Accepted code of behaviour, sounds more like a pill on a prescription! (8) |
| DISSOLVETHENERVES | "With a thrill in my head and a pill on my tongue / ____ that have just begun" (Spandau Ballet, True) |
| TABLETHUNTER | One who dropped a pill on the floor? |
| IRON | Mineral in a pill |
| COATED | Covered, as a pill |
