MOTHERS OF INVENTION

ACROSS

1. Harvard Chair Miller or comedian Rivers

5. To impair or disfigure

8. An ophthalmologist may want this while sports betting in Vegas at an AAO meeting

11. Eye part and Greek word for grape

12. In the past

13. Uveitis Masquerade Syndromes (abbrev.)

14. Scottish variant of learn

15. Interest of 1-Across and 1-Down

17. It may be plateaued (Hint: Glaucoma)

18. ALS or Lou ____ Disease

19. Sailor’s assent

20. How multilingual ophthalmologist Dr. Ana Alzaga Fernandez may say “month.”

21. Summer drink (variant) or famous rapper

22. Condition where the iris adheres to the angle (abbrev.)

23. Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale (abbrev.)

24. Infamous Supreme Court decision, ____ Scott

26. Cause of diplopia in MS patients (abbrev.)

27. Hebrew name that is a variant of Aaron

28. Prostate test that ophthalmologists thankfully don’t have to order (abbrev.)

29. Sponsor of The News Hour featuring Judy Woodruff (abbrev.)

32. ____ bar, food for the health conscious

34. South African internet retailer

35. Something future ophthalmologists wish for when taking organic chemistry (two words)

36. First female department chair Higginbotham and first woman.

37. Road to be avoided in New Jersey at all costs (abbrev.)

38. Trypan blue to make the anterior capsule clearer - eg

39. Dr. Patricia ____, inventor of the laserphaco, or shower alternative

40. Book about the Irish experience by Frank McCourt

41. Actor Mineo

42. ____-VEGF, interest of 1-Across

DOWN

1. Chief of Wills Eye Haller or cook Child

2. Oocyte location

3. Eagle’s nest

4. Namesakes of ophthalmologist Hayworth who also served in Congress

5. Refractive guru McDonald and her namesakes familiarly

6. Author of “A Death in the Family”

7. Connecticut ophthalmologist Shari or spots seen in hypertensive retinopathy

8. ____ intima, vascular layer

9. OCTs and HRTS produce these of 15-Across

10. “Be quiet!” (Variant)

16. ____ cyclitis, affliction of 11-Across

20. Irate or satirical magazine

22. Corneal guru Asbell

23. This test may be ordered to rule out SLE in 16-Down (abbrev.)

24. Connecticut cataract maven Dr. Mulukutla to her patients

25. Prolonged cooking of meats or celebrity events

26. First woman ophthalmologist ____ Hayes Chapin Barrow or queen who financed Columbus

27. A person who represents another person for a fee, such as in sports

28. Spanish for beach

29. Author of “The Manual of Ocular Diagnosis and Therapy” Deborah ____ Langston

30. Quarterback Favre

31. Japanese entree with raw fish

33. Car entrepreneur Ransom whose company produced the Cutless Supreme and Alero

34. Country music singer McEntire

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.