| STYLET | Surgery: a slender probe (6) |
| NEEDLE | Leaf of a pine tree; a slender crystal; or, a pinnacle of rock (6) |
| FLECHE | From "arrow", a slender spire; or, a point on a backgammon board (6) |
| SHRIMP | A decapod crustacean with a slender flattened body, long tail and a single pair of pincers (6) |
| OFONESOWNACCORD | Before surgery, a doc confers now about start of operation voluntarily (2,4,3,6) |
| WHOOP | Doctor's surgery a scream (5) |
| PROBE | In surgery, a blunt-ended, flexible instrument (5) |
| OPERETTA | Treetop needing surgery, a little work (8) |
| BOOJUM | A desert tree that resembles a slender upside-down carrot (6) |
| AVOCET | A long-legged wading bird with a slender upturned bill and patterned plumage (6) |
| PIGEON | Common bird with a slender bill (6) |
| LINEAR | Passenger ship has a slender look (6) |
| SLIGHT | Having a slender build (6) |
| BIFURCATE | Requiring surgery, a brief cut to split two ways (9) |
| LANGUR | Agile, arboreal Old World monkey with a slender body, long tail and hands, and long hair around the face (6) |
| CATKIN | Cluster of small flowers arranged along a slender stalk found on plants such as willow and hazel (6) |
| SKEWER | A slender stick of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food together during cooking (6) |
| MAYFLY | Period in late spring to go quickly for a slender insect (6) |
| SALUKI | A slender, silky-coated breed of dog with drooping ears (6) |
| NARROW | Having a slender width |
