| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| A local injected here, get kind of woozy; and ___ (2,5,3,5) | ||
| A local injected here, get kind of woozy; and ____ | The Telegraph Toughie | 15 Dec 2023 |
| '___, and you'll duck beneath that scalpel' | The Washington Post Sunday | 08 Dec 2019 |
| Have surgery | New York Times | 12 Nov 2018 |
| Have surgery | ||
| Have surgery | Universal | 31 Mar 2015 |
| Have surgery | ||
| Be operated on |