| MIGRAINE | Term for a severe headache (8) |
| SKINHEAD | Film Director asks for a severe cut (8) |
| HANGOVER | Severe headache resulting from alcohol abuse (8) |
| COATING | Duffel, gaberdine, tweed or other jacketing for overgarments; a thin layer of bloom, glaze, paint, patina, veneer etc; or, dialect for a severe rebuke, reprimand or ticking off (7) |
| REPRIMAND | The man has a right to pride but this calls for a severe reproof (9) |
| RIOTACT | This is read for a severe warning |
| EPIPEN | Device for a severe allergic reaciion |
| MEGRIM | Severe headache |
| MIGRAINES | Severe headaches |
| SPLINTER | A person who figuratively divides hairs in arguments; the opposite of a lumper in the world of taxonomic classification; or, a severe migraine (8) |
| HANGOVERS | Severe headaches or other after-effects caused by drinking too much alcohol (9) |
| REDROUTE | In the UK, a road with a severe penalty for stopping |
| TRAPPIST | Member of a Cistercian order observing a severe rule of austerity and silence (8) |
| HAMMERED | Gave a severe beating to (8) |
| BLIZZARD | What is a severe snowstorm with high winds? (8) |
| BOTULISM | A severe, often fatal poisoning by tinned food containing powerful sausage-shaped bacteria (8) |
| WHIPLASH | Neck injury caused by a severe jerk to the head (8) |
| ROASTING | The action of broiling/cooking beef, chestnuts, coffee beans, potatoes etc over an open fire or in an oven; a severe reprimand; or, an informal adjective meaning "extremely hot" (8) |
| NEUROSIS | No! I take ruses to be the cause of a severe disorder (8) |
| BERIBERI | Result of a severe thiamine deficiency |
