| HORMONE | Chemical secretion of an endocrine gland transported by the blood to exert a specific effect on a cell or tissue (7) |
| GOLDFINCH | Thistle-eating bird with a red face supposedly coloured by the blood of Jesus, hence symbolising Christ's crucifixion and its depiction in many religious Italian Renaissance paintings of the Madonna a |
| LAC | Resinous secretion of an insect, processed into shell-like flakes for varnish and, formerly, vintage 78s (3) |
| PIANO | Musical instrument whose around 230 strings are said to exert a combined force of 20 tomes on its frame (5) |
| INSPIRE | To exert a stimulating or beneficial effect upon someone (7) |
| ADRENAL | _ gland, an endocrine gland at the anterior end of each kidney (7) |
| PITUITARY | The master endocrine gland, attached by a stalk to the base of the brain (9) |
| PINEAL | Name of the endocrine gland near the centre of the brain that releases melatonin into the bloodstream (6) |
| NUTMEG | Which spice was once eaten to clean the blood to get rid of boils and carbuncles? (6) |
| RAPTORS | Transported by the middle of the floorshow (7) |
| ATTRACTS | Exerts a force that tends to cause an approach or oppose a separation (8) |
| CURDLE | To ____ the blood; to fill someone with horror or fear (6) |
| AORTA | Painting nothing inside, has a way for the blood to go (5) |
| ESTELLA | French are to have an effect on a girl (7) |
| ADRENALGLAND | An endocrine organ at the anterior end of each kidney (7,5) |
| THYROID | Large endocrine gland at the base of the neck (7) |
| BREADFRUIT | Plants that were to be transported by the HMS Bounty (10) |
| FREIGHT | Cargo transported by the likes of Colas Rail and DB Cargo (7) |
| GRANITE | Material transported by the Haytor Tramway in Devon in the mid-19th century |
| EMBOLISMS | They may restrict the blood to some limbs |
