Gridectomy archive: past medical mini crossword answers

Every past mini crossword, with each clue and its answer. Newest first.

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29 past puzzles, up to Saturday 14 November 2026. Today’s and future puzzles are never shown here.

November 2026

  1. #29 · Saturday 14 November 2026 Hard

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    • 1. Small amount: BIT
    • 4. Those, but closer: THESE
    • 6. Bread ___ (carbs to count): ROLLS
    • 7. ___ of Langerhans, home of the beta cell: ISLET
    • 8. Do lots of, in untreated diabetes: PEE

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    • 1. Beauty of the ball: BELLE
    • 2. Small island: ISLE
    • 3. Finger-prick ___: TEST
    • 4. Journey, or a stumble: TRIP
    • 5. Garden ___: HOSE
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  2. #28 · Friday 13 November 2026 Hard

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    • 1. Infected fluid: PUS
    • 4. Fluid sac at the elbow or knee: BURSA
    • 6. From another planet: ALIEN
    • 7. Sound of sleep apnoea: SNORE
    • 8. Organ with a cochlea: EAR

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    • 1. Previous, as history: PRIOR
    • 2. Regular energy-drink ___ (the caffeine adds up fast): USER
    • 3. Of sound mind: SANE
    • 4. The heart’s broad top, confusingly (its apex points down): BASE
    • 5. Forearm bone, pinky side: ULNA
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  3. #27 · Thursday 12 November 2026 Medium

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    • 1. ___ number, checked on a medicine recall notice: LOT
    • 4. Push roughly: SHOVE
    • 6. The right lung has three, the left has two: LOBES
    • 7. In pieces: APART
    • 8. For each: PER

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    • 1. Like pneumonia that fills one whole lobe: LOBAR
    • 2. Six balls, in cricket: OVER
    • 3. Sputum culture, for one: TEST
    • 4. ___ cheek (parvovirus rash): SLAP
    • 5. Optimism: HOPE
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  4. #26 · Wednesday 11 November 2026 Medium

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    • 1. Place for a soak: SPA
    • 4. Large bowel: COLON
    • 7. Sample in a jar: URINE
    • 8. Gets together, like an MDT: MEETS
    • 9. Negative word: NOT

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    • 1. Film on a pond: SCUM
    • 2. Skin opening: PORE
    • 3. From another planet: ALIEN
    • 5. Wise to: ONTO
    • 6. Where eggs are kept: NEST
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  5. #25 · Tuesday 10 November 2026 Easy

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    • 1. Low-impact exercise: SWIM
    • 5. Gleam, like a healthy cornea under a penlight: SHINE
    • 6. Belly button: NAVEL
    • 7. Wide awake, or a TGA safety notice (andrographis got one): ALERT
    • 8. Nuisance: PEST

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    • 1. Fracking rock: SHALE
    • 2. Spouses: WIVES
    • 3. Chemically unreactive, like a placebo: INERT
    • 4. Turn liquid: MELT
    • 5. Sudden break: SNAP
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  6. #24 · Monday 9 November 2026 Easy

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    • 1. Jog, or what astronauts do strapped to a treadmill: RUN
    • 4. BMI over 30: OBESE
    • 6. Goes up, like US measles cases, past 2,000 for a second year running: RISES
    • 7. Wide awake, as on AVPU: ALERT
    • 8. Allow: LET

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    • 1. Defibrillate, loosely: RESET
    • 2. One on the end of a needle exchange: USER
    • 3. Where eggs are kept: NEST
    • 4. By mouth, like daily PrEP pills (a twice-yearly jab version just got a generic): ORAL
    • 5. Green fluid stored in the gallbladder: BILE
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  7. #23 · Sunday 8 November 2026 Genius

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    • 1. Radiation ___ (what the lead apron is for): DOSE
    • 5. Clemency: MERCY
    • 6. Pond scum, scientifically: ALGAE
    • 7. Chest X-ray instruction: ___ against the plate and breathe in: STAND
    • 8. Without, à la française: SANS

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    • 1. Greek D, or a fan-shaped river mouth: DELTA
    • 2. Liver or spleen, on any abdominal CT: ORGAN
    • 3. CTs and MRIs: SCANS
    • 4. Looked over, as a radiologist does a film: EYED
    • 5. Incidental ___ (the dreaded 'incidentaloma'): MASS
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  8. #22 · Saturday 7 November 2026 Hard

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    • 1. Old unit of absorbed radiation dose, replaced by the gray: RAD
    • 4. Pain at 10 out of 10: AGONY
    • 6. Beast: BRUTE
    • 7. Beam that reshapes the cornea in LASIK: LASER
    • 8. Organ checked with a slit lamp: EYE

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    • 1. Wake, as a drowsy patient: ROUSE
    • 2. Poker stake, or a prefix meaning 'before': ANTE
    • 3. Fabric colourer: DYER
    • 4. Fit, as on a work certificate: ABLE
    • 5. SI unit of absorbed dose: one joule per kilogram: GRAY
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  9. #21 · Friday 6 November 2026 Hard

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    • 1. However: BUT
    • 4. Not silently, as a ward round discussion: ALOUD
    • 7. Sound of sleep apnoea: SNORE
    • 8. Consumed: EATEN
    • 9. ___ fever: HAY

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    • 1. Opposite of acid, chemically: BASE
    • 2. Forearm bone, pinky side: ULNA
    • 3. Molar or incisor: TOOTH
    • 5. Waste product measured with creatinine: UREA
    • 6. Refuse, as in the first stage of grief: DENY
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  10. #20 · Thursday 5 November 2026 Medium

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    • 1. Sum up, like a fluid balance chart: ADD
    • 4. Elevated mood state: MANIA
    • 6. Strong desires: URGES
    • 7. Adults have 32: TEETH
    • 8. Organ with a cochlea: EAR

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    • 1. Second stage of grief: ANGER
    • 2. Eating plan: DIET
    • 3. Quick run to the bathroom: DASH
    • 4. Silent: MUTE
    • 5. Catchment, for a GP clinic: AREA
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  11. #19 · Wednesday 4 November 2026 Medium

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    • 1. Healing crust: SCAB
    • 5. Female adult: WOMAN
    • 7. Get up after a nap: ARISE
    • 8. ___ attack: PANIC
    • 9. ___jaw (old name for tetanus): LOCK

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    • 1. Exchange: SWAP
    • 2. Reef material, or a pinkish shade: CORAL
    • 3. ___ acid (protein building block): AMINO
    • 4. ___ life support (BLS): BASIC
    • 6. Where the thyroid lives: NECK
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  12. #18 · Tuesday 3 November 2026 Easy

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    • 1. Laceration: CUT
    • 4. Ward hero: NURSE
    • 6. From another planet: ALIEN
    • 7. Chemically unreactive, like a placebo: INERT
    • 8. Young bloke: LAD

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    • 1. Wept, like a newborn: CRIED
    • 2. One on the end of a needle exchange: USER
    • 3. Oxygen ___: TENT
    • 4. Fingertip cover: NAIL
    • 5. Forearm bone, pinky side: ULNA
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  13. #17 · Monday 2 November 2026 Easy

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    • 1. That woman: SHE
    • 4. Poison made by a living thing: TOXIN
    • 7. ___ acid (protein building block): AMINO
    • 8. Takes it easy: RESTS
    • 9. Gout's favourite target: TOE

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    • 1. Gold ___ (for a good patient): STAR
    • 2. Nursing ___: HOME
    • 3. Be real: EXIST
    • 5. Keen on: INTO
    • 6. Organ that runs in winter: NOSE
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  14. #16 · Sunday 1 November 2026 Genius

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    • 1. Thrombus: CLOT
    • 5. Sticky, weather-wise: HUMID
    • 7. Fluid given from below: ENEMA
    • 8. Pay: WAGES
    • 9. Itchy red patch: RASH

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    • 1. Masticate: CHEW
    • 2. Of the moon: LUNAR
    • 3. ___-3 fatty acid: OMEGA
    • 4. Doses per day, on a script: TIMES
    • 6. Quick run to the bathroom: DASH
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October 2026

  1. #15 · Saturday 31 October 2026 Hard

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    • 1. Put on a costume and ___ the part: ACT
    • 4. Back tooth, less famous than the vampire's canine: MOLAR
    • 6. Fluid given from below: the scariest treat of all: ENEMA
    • 7. Bug behind a sore throat (not all that screaming): STREP
    • 8. Febrile, informally, or a witch's cauldron: HOT

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    • 1. Wide awake after a jump scare, as on AVPU: ALERT
    • 2. Arrived, like the trick-or-treaters: CAME
    • 3. Snare for a ghost: TRAP
    • 4. Hernia repair material, not a mummy's bandage: MESH
    • 5. Wise to the costume: ONTO
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  2. #14 · Friday 30 October 2026 Hard

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    • 1. Bleeding ___ (dental complaint): GUM
    • 4. Wipe out: ERASE
    • 7. Of the kidneys: RENAL
    • 8. Posts letters, like referrals: MAILS
    • 9. Had a meal: ATE

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    • 1. Microbe: GERM
    • 2. Waste product measured with creatinine: UREA
    • 3. Elevated mood state: MANIA
    • 5. Sodium chloride: SALT
    • 6. Otherwise: ELSE
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  3. #13 · Thursday 29 October 2026 Medium

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    • 1. Stroke check: Face, Arms, Speech, Time: FAST
    • 5. Cricket strip, or how high a voice goes: PITCH
    • 6. Concur, like a second opinion that matches yours: AGREE
    • 7. Silvery, like the scale on a psoriasis plaque: SHINY
    • 8. Right now, in ward-speak. Time is brain: STAT

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    • 1. ___-or-flight response: FIGHT
    • 2. Chambers that fibrillate in AF, a big stroke risk: ATRIA
    • 3. What a sniffer dog follows: SCENT
    • 4. Pronoun for a group, or for one person who prefers it: THEY
    • 5. What every registrar hopes to do in the fellowship exam: PASS
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  4. #12 · Wednesday 28 October 2026 Medium

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    • 1. Place for a soak: SPA
    • 4. Teacher for exam prep: TUTOR
    • 6. Wide awake, as on AVPU: ALERT
    • 7. Joints often replaced: KNEES
    • 8. Organ with a cochlea: EAR

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    • 1. Guide: STEER
    • 2. Skin opening: PORE
    • 3. Liberal ___ (degree before medicine, for some): ARTS
    • 4. Swallow, as pills: TAKE
    • 5. Forearm bone, pinky side: ULNA
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  5. #11 · Tuesday 27 October 2026 Easy

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    • 1. Slice, as in an OT kitchen assessment: CUT
    • 4. Misuse, as of a substance: ABUSE
    • 6. ECG leads, loosely: WIRES
    • 7. Medical ___ pendant, for living alone safely: ALERT
    • 8. Consent word: YES

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    • 1. Fixes, in a perfect world: CURES
    • 2. Wheelchair ___, who may get an OT seating review: USER
    • 3. On-road driving ___, arranged by an OT after a stroke: TEST
    • 4. On leave: AWAY
    • 5. Green fluid stored in the gallbladder: BILE
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  6. #10 · Monday 26 October 2026 Easy

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    • 1. Mark left by healing: SCAR
    • 5. Fracking rock: SHALE
    • 6. Itchy welts, or bee homes: HIVES
    • 7. Chemically unreactive, like a placebo: INERT
    • 8. Where eggs are kept: NEST

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    • 1. Gleam: SHINE
    • 2. Cavities, of a sort: CAVES
    • 3. Wide awake, as on AVPU: ALERT
    • 4. RICE starter: REST
    • 5. Front of the tibia: SHIN
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  7. #9 · Sunday 25 October 2026 Genius

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    • 1. Grinder: MILL
    • 5. Hairs that sweep the airways: CILIA
    • 6. Layered bulb: ONION
    • 7. Small hill: MOUND
    • 8. Where BP cuffs go: ARMS

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    • 1. ___ surgery: MINOR
    • 2. Wing of the pelvis: ILIUM
    • 3. Pride members: LIONS
    • 4. Touch down, like a rescue chopper: LAND
    • 5. GCS 3, say: COMA
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  8. #8 · Saturday 24 October 2026 Hard

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    • 1. Limb with a humerus: ARM
    • 4. Respond, like a pupil to light: REACT
    • 7. Grand house: MANOR
    • 8. Backbone: SPINE
    • 9. Take a history: ASK

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    • 1. Where BP cuffs go: ARMS
    • 2. Harvest: REAP
    • 3. Elevated mood state: MANIA
    • 5. Pros and ___ (of a treatment): CONS
    • 6. Long walk: TREK
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  9. #7 · Friday 23 October 2026 Hard

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    • 1. Cigarette residue: ASH
    • 4. Malice: SPITE
    • 6. Hairs that sweep the airways: CILIA
    • 7. Wide awake, as on AVPU: ALERT
    • 8. Colour of inflammation: RED

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    • 1. Was unwell: AILED
    • 2. Mix: STIR
    • 3. ___ rash: HEAT
    • 4. Mark left by healing: SCAR
    • 5. Haemorrhoid, informally: PILE
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  10. #6 · Thursday 22 October 2026 Medium

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    • 1. Seasonal virus with a yearly jab: FLU
    • 4. Fixes, in a perfect world: CURES
    • 6. Got up: AROSE
    • 7. Pathology orders: TESTS
    • 8. Oxygen ___ (pulse ox reading): SAT

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    • 1. ___bite: FROST
    • 2. In case: LEST
    • 3. Indications, for a drug: USES
    • 4. Felines (allergy trigger): CATS
    • 5. Waste product measured with creatinine: UREA
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  11. #5 · Wednesday 21 October 2026 Medium

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    • 1. Place for a soak: SPA
    • 4. One who plays the patient in an OSCE: ACTOR
    • 6. Obs ___: CHART
    • 7. Clues in a diagnostic puzzle: HINTS
    • 8. Finish, like a long shift: END

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    • 1. Get up from a chair, in a falls test: STAND
    • 2. Implanted ___ (for chemo): PORT
    • 3. Liberal ___ (degree before medicine, for some): ARTS
    • 4. Dull, persistent pain: ACHE
    • 5. Mandible's front: CHIN
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  12. #4 · Tuesday 20 October 2026 Easy

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    • 1. Short sleep: NAP
    • 4. CT image, essentially: SLICE
    • 6. Like a chest in asthma: TIGHT
    • 7. Flu symptoms, often: ACHES
    • 8. So far: YET

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    • 1. ___ shift: NIGHT
    • 2. Dull, persistent pain: ACHE
    • 3. Therapy animals, perhaps: PETS
    • 4. Length of ___: STAY
    • 5. Nits' parents: LICE
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  13. #3 · Monday 19 October 2026 Easy

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    • 1. Plaster for a fracture: CAST
    • 5. Nerve behind the funny bone: ULNAR
    • 7. Typical man in a men's health campaign: BLOKE
    • 8. Ulcers: SORES
    • 9. Left: WENT

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    • 1. Young bears: CUBS
    • 2. Permit, as visiting hours do: ALLOW
    • 3. Sound of sleep apnoea: SNORE
    • 4. Swallowed, as pills: TAKEN
    • 6. RICE starter: REST
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  14. #2 · Sunday 18 October 2026 Genius

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    • 1. Bob on the surface: FLOAT
    • 6. Before time: EARLY
    • 7. Stage two of grief: ANGER
    • 8. Fright: SCARE
    • 9. Camping gear: TENTS

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    • 1. Big meal: FEAST
    • 2. Incise, as a boil: LANCE
    • 3. Kidney, for one: ORGAN
    • 4. First of AVPU: ALERT
    • 5. Rubber wheels, in Oz spelling: TYRES
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  15. #1 · Saturday 17 October 2026 Hard

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    • 1. Brain ___: STEM
    • 5. Acid group that's NH2: AMINO
    • 6. Off-___ prescribing: LABEL
    • 7. Two, three or five: PRIME
    • 8. Length of ___ (hospital metric): STAY

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    • 1. Sting: SMART
    • 2. Shin bone: TIBIA
    • 3. Foe: ENEMY
    • 4. Spot to keep an eye on: MOLE
    • 5. European peaks: ALPS
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