| CONTAINMENT | Action of preventing the spread of something harmful |
| ANTISEPTIC | Pat incites trouble by preventing the spread of microorganisms (10) |
| PROPOSAL | A __, Jonathan Swift's way of Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country? (6,8) |
| MODEST | A __, Jonathan Swift's way of Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country? (6,8) |
| PASTEUR | French microbiologist Louis ___, known for his breakthrough work on the spread of diseases and for setting many of the foundations of public health |
| FABIANIST | One who favours the gradual introduction of the spread of socialism (9) |
| QUARANTINE | A period of isolation or detention, especially of persons or animals arriving from abroad, to prevent the spread of disease |
| IRONAGE | Time of the spread of metal weapons, tools etc (4,3) |
| BELIEVER | Person convinced of the spread of evil in drink (8) |
| HELLO | Word whose rise in popularity coincided with the spread of the telephone |
| EXTENT | The spread of what was once part of a camp? (6) |
| GREENHOUSE | The ___ effect describes how the radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the surface of that planet by preventing the heat from escaping into space |
| RABBIT | Myxomatosis and the calicivirus have been released to control the spread of this imported threat to |
| DIGITATE | Describe the spread of handy leaflets of lady friend welcoming single leaders? Give it time! (8) |
| NONPROLIFERATIONTREATY | International agreement negotiated in the 1960s, intended to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons |
| ARREST | Check the spread of |
| FABIAN | Society promoting the spread of Socialism (6) |
| MASSMEDIA | They play a big part in the spread of popular information |
| EPIDEMIOLOGIST | Scientist studying the spread of infection (14) |
| IONA | Scottish island with links to the spread of British Christianity (4) |
