| ACUPUNCTURE | Treatment of a person's illness or pain by sticking small needles into their body (11) |
| WATER | Frogs don't drink ___ - they soak it into their body through their skin |
| REMISSION | An abeyance in the severity of an illness or pain (9) |
| SNEE | Turns needles into blade (4) |
| SHORTSHRIFT | Summary treatment of a person (5,6) |
| TEMPERATURE | Toucans manage their body ___ by adjusting the blood flow to their beak |
| POMMELHORSE | A flat apparatus fitted with two curved handgrips on which gymnasts swing their body (6,5) |
| THERAPEUTIC | Offering restoration in article on treatment of a picture |
| IATROGENIC | Of an illness or symptoms, induced unintentionally by the words or treatment of a physician (10) |
| ABUSE | Cruel treatment of a person, as suffered by Walford resident Mick Carter (5) |
| RUNAROUND | Deceitful or evasive treatment of a person (3-6) (3,6) |
| AGLETS | From French for "small needles", metal tags or tips on the ends of cords for doublets/hose, ribbons, shoelaces, shoulder braids etc; or, in the singular with "babies", little images cut into these (6) |
| STINGS | Causes a sudden, sharp, smarting pain by pricking with a sharp point or by insect bites |
| EPICUREAN | English keyboard mostly securing treatment of a person with taste (9) |
| MONTAGE | A paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image (7) |
| LUMBAR | _ _ _ _ _ _ puncture, process of inserting a needle into the lower part of the spinal cord (6) |
| LEVITY | Treatment of a serious matter with humour or a lack of respect (6) |
| LUMBARPUNCTURE | Process of inserting needle into lower part of spinal cord (6,8) |
| METABASIS | Historical term for a change in the symptoms or treatment of a disease (9) |
| CAUTERISATION | Treatment of a wound with a hot iron or caustic agent (13) |
