| GLADIOLUS | The large central part of the breastbone (9) |
| CLAVICLE | Either of the two bones connecting the shoulder blades with the upper part of the breastbone |
| HEARTBURN | Uncomfortable sensation beneath the breastbone caused by irritation of the oesophagus (9) |
| MAINFRAME | Large central computer (9) |
| MIDDLEMEN | Central part of the business? (9) |
| BIBLEBELT | Region in the South East and central part of the USA characterised by socially conservative Christia |
| STERNUM | Back of boat usually masks beginnings of the breastbone (7) |
| GIRANDOLE | An earring or pendant with a large central stone surrounded by small ones |
| INNERCITY | Meal doesn't start near nice central part of the capital (5,4) |
| STERNAL | Doctor learns about temperature of the breastbone (7) |
| TAKLAMAKAN | Desert of Central Asia and one of the largest sandy deserts in the world, occupying the central part of the Tarim Basin in the Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. (5,5) |
| DURANGO | Mexican city located in the south central part of the state of the same name in the fertile valley of the Sierra Madre Occidental (7) |
| PERICARDIUM | Membranous sac that surrounds the heart, anchored by ligaments to the central part of the diaphragm and the rear of the sternum (11) |
| STERNEBRA | Segment of a breastbone (9) |
| CHEST | Named after a coffer-like container, the area of the body enclosed by the breastbone and ribcage that acts as a protective "box" around the heart and lungs (5) |
| ABSORBENT | Porous breastbone all but shattered (9) |
| RIB | One of the thin bones attached to the breastbone; or, with facetious reference to the Bible, a wife (3) |
| KEEL | The median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly. |
| STEMTOSTERNUM | Part of a watch touching the breastbone? |
| UMBO | Central part of the ear's tympanic membrane, to which the handle (manubrium) of the malleus is attached (4) |
