Across
- 3. red-breasted bird (5)
- 6. a plant sporting yellow spring flowers with a long trumpet shaped centre (8)
- 10. a large hairy social insect which flies with a loud hum (9)
- 12. the rarefied gaseous envelope of a star (6)
- 13. a white drooping early spring flower (8)
- 15. a nectar-feeding insect with two pairs of large, typically brightly coloured wings (9)
- 18. the Chinese province at ground zero (5)
- 19. a bulbous spring-flowering plant with boldly coloured cup-shaped flowers (5)
- 20. Dr. Chris _, Britain's chief medical officer (6)
- 21. gregarious songbird, often brightly coloured (8)
- 23. a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies in order to provide immunity against a disease (7)
- 24. video conferencing platform founded in 2011 (4)
- 27. extreme or irrational fear of confined places (14)
- 29. a pale yellow colour or flower seen in early spring (8)
- 30. a term for grim amusement in a difficult situation (7,6)
- 31. an appliance for artificial respiration (10)
- 32. a global or regional outbreak of a disease (8)
- 33. area of hospital for those in critical condition (3)
- 34. a compact growth on a plant that develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot (3)
Down
- 1. a European woodland plant that produces clusters of sapphire-coloured flowers in spring (8)
- 2. (of a disease) regularly found among particular people or an area (7)
- 4. the word for forty in italian (8)
- 5. Trump has a hunch this drug will work... (18)
- 7. an abnormally high body temperature (5)
- 8. the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits (11)
- 9. an activity done in leisure time for pleasure (5)
- 10. (of a tree) to produce flowers or bunches of flowers (7)
- 11. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time (7)
- 14. Florence _, 19th century nurse (11)
- 16. Dr. Anthony _, American epidemiologist (5)
- 17. the act of separating oneself from others (4-9)
- 22. a state of isolation or restricted access instituted as a security measure (8)
- 25. to expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound (5)
- 26. the larva of a butterfly or moth (11
- 27. the journey to work (7)
- 28. play or move in a cheerful or lively way (6)
- 31. an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat (5)
