ACROSS

1. Prob. aneurysm site in Third-Nerve palsy

4. Phaco inventor

10. Macular disease that may look like an egg yolk

14. Curved line

15. Baltimore baseball player

16. Cataract surgery with a cryoprobe

17. Postop CME or corneal edema, perhaps

19. Those who are in favor of something

20. Eventual lacrimal duct drainage site

21. Looking at a situation objectively

23. Rare orbital tumor

27. Red eye, blurred vision or floaters, eg

30. Coastal inlet

31. Air safety regulator

32. Mistake

33. What an ophthalmologist may play at the AAO convention in Las Vegas

37. 2000 presidential candidate

39. _____ it you meanie!!

40. Trendy handbag maker

41. Possible treatment for pre-septal cellulitis

43. Old airline

44. ___ Abner

46. Gasoline station units

48. Obesity and hypercholesterolemia from eating too much corned beef?

53. Former basketball star O’Neal’s BMW

54. Cotton wool and Roth spots may be seen in this condition

58. Ireland’s equivalent to 31 across

59. Like albinism and Leber optic atrophy

63. Suffix that means small, like a small kitchen

64. The number of cranial nerves minus one

65. Colt 45 or AR-15, eg

66. Vacation spot, Florida ____

67. Low points, opposite of apogees

68. Omnicon Group stock symbol

DOWN

1. Endophthalmitis symptom at times

2. Embolic blinder

3. Play divisions

4. Prince Andrew’s old flame Stark

5. Retinitis pigmentosa test

6. Prevaricate

7. Auto parts company

8. False or assumed name

9. Bees use it to make honey

10. Presbyopia treatment

11. ____ Lodge, less expensive hotel

12. Get out!

13. Glaucoma specialist Rob Noecker’s electric car

18. What eye surgeons like to avoid

22. Treatment result of an angle closure attack

24. These may cause cataracts and glaucoma

25. Ripped apart

26. What some ophthalmologists despise using

27. Bay area art comm.

28. Dr. Del Priore is its ophthalmology chairman

29. Three Kings at the creche

34. Beetle Bailey dog

35. Our _____, Thornton Wilder play

36. Where ophthalmologists may go after doing 20 cases

38. Fourth nerve muscles

39. Areas between the retina and ciliary body, for short

42. Tiger Woods and Ernie Els’ organization

45. ______ Planus, skin disorder

47. Lawyer’s MCAT equivalent

48. Corneal specialist Mitch Gilbert’s forte

49. Internet personal attacks

50. Non clergy

51. Nordic name meaning bliss

52. Made a mistake

55. Villain in Shakespeare’s Othello

56. Ear part or percussion instrument 57. In ____, working together

60. Amazon company associated with virtual assistant Alexa

61. German for “the”

62. Those not on “the outs”

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.