| DAGRAY | Disease characterised by anaemia that is caused by a lack of vitamin C (6) |
| OAKAPPLE | Spongy spherical gall on a tree that is caused by wasp larvae (3,5) |
| SCURVY | A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C (6) |
| RICKETS | It is caused by a lack of vitamin D (7) |
| BLIGHT | A plant disease characterised by withering and shrivelling without rotting (6) |
| TYPHUS | Infectious bacterial disease characterised by headaches and a fever (6) |
| THIAMINE | The nutritional disorder, beriberi, is caused by a lack of this vitamin (8) |
| CHOREA | Nervous disease characterised by irregular involuntary movements (6) |
| PELLAGRA | Deficiency disease caused by a lack of nicotinic acid in the diet (8) |
| BERIBERI | Deficiency disease caused by a lack of thiamine |
| ANAEMIA | Condition caused by a lack of red blood cells (7) |
| ANEMIA | Condition caused by a lack of 43-Across |
| ASPHYXIA | Condition caused by a lack of oxygen (8) |
| DISTEMPER | An acute, highly contagious, disease affecting dogs, foxes, wolves, mink, raccoons, and ferrets. It is caused by a paramyxovirus that is closely related to the viruses causing measles in humans and ri |
| HAZE | Word, related to Old English for "grey", for mist; or, a blur/confusion characterised by a lack of clarity (4) |
| INSOMNIA | Condition characterised by a lack of ability to sleep (8) |
| CHLOROSIS | Anaemia caused by iron deficiency characterised by greenish-yellow skin discoloration and usually seen in adolescent females |
| PERNICIOUS | ___ anaemia, form of anaemia associated with inadequate absorption of vitamin B12 |
| CLOT | A thrombosis is caused by a what in the blood? (4) |
| WILDWEST | Area of the U.S. in its frontier period marked by a lack of law and order (4,4) |
