Crossword Challenge

Across

    6   Droplets in the air

    7   These pharmacies are often the only health care facilities in their areas

    9   Many pharmacists who teach student pharmacists work in this setting (abbr.)

  10   Branch of medicine whose practitioners study blood diseases

  11   Of youth or knowledge

  13   Chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart

  15   Nutritious grape-like berry

  17   This makes waste, especially for busy pharmacists

  18   For lung cancer, this increases with a history of smoking cigarettes

  19   Organ that filters waste from the blood

  20   Berate

  23   Inherited disorder of red blood cells

  26   Adjective that can be used to describe orphan diseases

  27   Mesh strainer for separating solids by size

  28   Crop used in cigarettes

Down

    1   An ounce of this is worth a pound of cure

    2   Common respiratory condition

    3   Food to be avoided by those who have a shellfish allergy

    4   Enzyme that breaks down proteins and peptides

    5   By mouth

    6   Centesis intro

    8   Molecules that bind to another, usually larger, molecule

  12   Sprays commonly used to treat 17 down

  14   Care of older adults

  16   Outpatient health care facilities

  17   Common term for allergic rhinitis

  21   Beach city that busy pharmacists may dream of

  22   Trunk of the body

  24   Joint commonly replaced

  25   Chelating agent used as an anticoagulant (abbr.)

Solution is available online at pharmacytoday.org.