| ANOSMIA | Absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages). |
| CRANIAL | Like the olfactory nerve, e.g. |
| ODOR | Olfactory nerve stimulator |
| NOSE | Olfactory nerves |
| ORGAN | Olfactory nerves |
| CEREBRALPALSY | A form of paralysis caused by damage to motor areas of the brain before or during birth (8,5) |
| ENDING | A termination or completion by way of a conclusion of a book, denouement of a play, extremity of a nerve or final part/syllable of a word (6) |
| NOSTRILS | The channels of the nose through which air is inhaled or exhaled and directed to the olfactory senso |
| NEURALGIA | Severe spasmodic pain caused by damage to, or malfunctioning of, a nerve (9) |
| AVERAGE | Word for arithmetic mean, originally a shipping term for expense or loss by damage of ship or cargo, or the apportionment of said liability (7) |
| ANOSMIC | Relating to the loss of the sense of smell (7) |
| ATROPHY | The wasting away of a body tissue or organ, usually by the degeneration of cells (7) |
| WHALE | A cetacean able to echolocate under water by means of the mass of specialised adipose tissue, or "melon", on its forehead (5) |
| REGENT | Person appointed to administer a kingdom in the absence of the monarch or because the monarch is a minor / ruler |
| SNOOTS | Informal word for the olfactory organs haughtily turned up or looked down by the snobbish or elitist individuals thusly named (6) |
| APHASIA | Communication disorder caused by damage to parts of the brain (7) |
| ANOSMIE | Name the loss of the sense of smell (7) |
| APHAKIA | Absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts). |
| CHARGEDAFFAIRES | The temporary head of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador or minister |
| WHITEMATTER | Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
