Crossword Challenge

Across

    6   Pharmacists’ VIP

    7   Uncertain period

    9   In _____ of

  10   What pharmacists are experts on

  11   These cause that distinctive fecal smell

  13   With 1 down, the topic of this month’s issue

  15   Tiny, pointed outgrowth of bone

  17   Heart, lung, or kidney

  18   Measured by a thermometer, briefly

  19   Substance that surrounds nerve cell axons

  20   Composters’ friends

  23   Antibiotic commonly used topically for burns

  26   Coding section of an RNA transcript, or the DNA encoding it

  27   Poison

 28   Bone forming the kneecap

Down

    1   With 13 across, the topic of this month’s issue

    2   Relating to the skin

    3   Condition that can occur among veterans, in brief

    4   Moisturizer to treat or prevent minor skin irritations

    5   Leave out

    6   Small amounts of blood can be obtained using a finger _____.

    8   Marsupial found in North America

  12   Too much is a problem for patients with diabetes

  14   Summer candle

  16   Reforming this is critical to pharmacies

  17   Oil-based salve

  21   Give, as blood or an organ

  22   Benign tumor of muscle tissue

  24   May be used to remind a patient to pick up a prescription refill

  25   Chronic breathing disorder

Solution is available online at pharmacytoday.org.