Across

1. S. Carolina cataract maven Seltzer

4. Urinate

8. ____ spots, may be seen in endocarditis

12. 1/640th of a square mile

14. Anabolic steroid, for short

16. Italian aerospace company

17. Offspring

19. Poetic term for valley

20. On a cruise, eg

21. Ben Roethlisberger or JuJu Smith-Schuster

23. Reporter’s discussions that can’t be quoted (abbrev.)

24. Sea eagle

25. Forbidden fruit location

26. Coxa ___, hip deformity

28. Oculoplastic surgeon Mike Gingold’s forte

31. Participant in a 100 meter event

33. Cataract surgery vision predictors

34. Tropical edible root

35. Smells

36. An eye surgeon may have a large one

37. Complained tearfully

38. Skin soother

39. Russian despot

40. Heart failure sounds

41. British record label

42. Absent without leave in the military

43. Suggestive clothing characteristic

44. “I am the greatest” shouter

45. Actress Behrs or ophthalmologist Bromberg

46. Fuchs’ dystrophy characteristic

50. Addictive black and white cookies

52. Assert aggressively

53. A patient with macular degeneration may have done this

57. Medical prefix with lunar or circular

58. Man o’ War or Secretariat

59. Delaware ophthalmologist Robert or 32-down’s son

60. Vietnamese tourist spot

61. Level of a structure

62. Icy treat ____ Cone

Down

1. Morose

2. Good poker card

3. Cause of refractory conjunctivitis

4. Largest lake in Sweden

5. Spanish waves

6. Organic chemistry suffix

7. Digital recognition network (abbrev.)

8. 21- across’s enemy

9. The pupil may appear like this in an angle closure attack

10. Flooring option

11. Someone who plants seeds

13. Outermost layer of an embryo

15. River mammals

18. Pleasant-smelling chemicals ophthalmologists created in organic chemistry

22. Historical period

25. Feared endophthalmitis bacteria

26. Irritation of this nerve may cause hiccups

27. Love

28. How Lumigan is usually dosed

29. Hudson River Indian tribe

30. Dark adaptation cells

31. Evening garb

32. Denizen of 25-across

33. Dominican currency

34. Tropical blinder

37. Large boxes

39. An over-caffeinated patient may complain his eyelid does this

42. Chicken ____ King

43. Controversial former IRS official Lois

44. Mammalian hearts have two of these

45. Idaho capital

46. Irvine-____ syndrome, post-op CME

47. Eye layer

48. Seasonal worker

49. A Cat on ____ Tin Roof

51. Excretes excessively from the lacrimal gland

54. Former Press Secretary Fleischer

55. Bronx ophthalmologist Juechter or Barbie’s beau

56. Band who performed “Telephone Line”

SOLUTION

Joe Bentivegna, MD, is an ophthalmologist in private practice in Rocky Hill, Conn. His latest novel, “Respect,” is available now. You can contact him at jfbentivegna@gmail.com.