REFRACTIVE ERRORS

ACROSS

1. “I have to hold the newspaper too close with my new bifocals!” (three words)

8. Oral hypoglycemic

9. Sir Duke-Elder’s books or cubic measures

10. Opposite of NNE

12. First woman

13. He said, “Listen to the patient — he is telling you the diagnosis.”

15. Reflex type with a retinoscope

16. Japanese soup with a soy base

18. Do a clear corneal incision, eg

19. “Honest ___”

20. Number associated with the glossopharyngeal nerve

22. Thrombotic Microangiography (abbrev.)

24. Take away a person’s gun eg

25. Latin for king

26. Baseball’s Cardinals on a scoreboard

27. An ophthalmologist may have one after 15 cases

31. Eight-armed sea creature

32. What an ophthalmologist does when the patient says, “I can’t see in the distance with my new glasses.”

DOWN

1. Treasure ___, a store of valuable items

2. Lubricated

3. Abbreviation for Ohio University whose teams are called the polar bears

4. Company that makes baby pacifiers

5. “What’s the ___?”

6. Community Emergency Services (abbrev.)

7. 10 mg, 20 mg or 50 mg, eg

8. “These new contact lenses are giving me a headache!”

10. ___ lamp

11. “I can’t see with my new toric contact lenses.”

14. Having excessive pride

17. Gig taxi service

19. Compulsive personality type

21. First part of an ophthalmology textbook before the first chapter (abbrev.)

22. Nonsense or animal intestines

23. Options on IOL calculating software

27. Floor cleaner

28. This is often torn by athletes (abbrev.)

29. Remote terminal unit (abbrev.)

30. Condition in which the nerves and vessels in the thoracic outlet are compressed (abbrev.)

SOLUTION

Joe Bentivegna, MD, is an ophthalmologist in private practice in Rocky Hill, Conn. His latest novel, “Respect,” is available now. Visit www.joebentivegna.com/category/crossword-puzzles for previous puzzles. You can contact him at jfbentivegna@gmail.com.