| UMBILICAL | _ cord, the long flexible tube connecting an unborn baby with the placenta (9) |
| UMBILICALCORD | Tubelike structure connecting a foetus with the placenta (9,4) |
| NEARTHING | Number connecting an electrical device that's close to disaster |
| UNPLUG | Remove electrical cord: - the kettle, eg |
| ANAGRAM | Mixed up letters connecting an old horse with sheep (7) |
| ROPES | Cords the person's starting to untie (5) |
| PROBOSCIS | An elephant's trunk, or the long flexible snout of some other mammals (9) |
| STANDPIPE | Vertical tube connecting a temporary tap to the mains (9) |
| OESTROGEN | Steroid hormone secreted chiefly by the ovaries and placenta (9) |
| BANDICOOT | This group of mouse-sized marsupials have both a pouch and a placenta. |
| AFTERBIRTH | The placenta and fetal membranes expelled from the uterus following delivery of a baby |
| ULTRASOUND | Scanning for an image of part of the body's interior, e.g. when monitoring an unborn baby (10) |
| SHEESHA | An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube. (7) |
| WOMB | Woman's organ in which an unborn baby grows to term |
| FOETAL | Describing an unborn baby of late development (6) |
| ASWELL | Grudging response to 15: "A toff over a butcher's has to live like an unborn baby" (2,4,2,3,2,8) |
| OVEN | Place for an unborn baby, so to speak |
| FETAL | Relating to an unborn baby (5) |
| AMNIOTICFLUID | Liquid around an unborn baby (8,5) |
| EMBRYO | Stage of an unborn baby (6) |
