WHERE'S THE PROBLEM?
(You'll name the body part mainly affected in each clue.)
PLEASE BEAR WITH ME
4, 4
(Each response is composed of two 4-letter words)
ANIMAL SCIENCE
MIRROR WORDS
(These responses are two words that are reverses of each other, like "flog" and "golf")
50

Cirrhosis

The liver

50

Phil Harris provided the bear necessities as this character in 1967's "The Jungle Book"

Baloo

50

One of these is to keep a bar of scented soap in with your dirty laundry when you travel to help clothes smell clean

A life hack

50

This owl blends in with its background really well. What do you call this?

Camouflage

50

The kind of chatter some have "the gift of" & a sack that might hold a gift

gab & bag

100

Rhinitis

The nose

100

A Feb. 2023 headline said this movie about one seriously hopped-up ursine "snorts up $23 million opening weekend"

Cocaine Bear

100

It's slang for the offspring of a celeb who becomes a celeb too

A nepo baby

100

The snake on the left is not venomous but the one on the right is. They look very similar. What is this an example of? 

Mimicry

100

A navigator's charts & unwanted inbox messages

spam & maps

200

Silicosis

The lungs

200

Movie within a movie time! In "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent", Nic Cage & Pedro Pascal swoon over this Brit-based bear "2"

Paddington

200

The Oxford English Dictionary has this synonym for a tie going back to a 1796 horse race

A dead heat

200

Why do owls throw up owl pellets after eating mice, gophers, etc.?
 

Because they eat the animal whole and have to throw up the bones and fur that can't be digested.

200

Your best buddies & an open hand smack to the face

pals & slap

300

Glossitis

The tongue

300

This man as Jackie Moon, after a stunt on the court with a bear goes awry in "Semi-Pro": "If you have a small child, use it as a shield!"

Will Ferrell

300

The Nobel Banquet is held in Stockholm in this room that can hold 1,300 guests

The Blue Hall

300

This oxpecker removes ticks from the buffalo and eats them. This is an example of what symbiotic relationship?

Mutualism

300

Ceramic vessels & a save made by a goalie

pots & stop

400

Ménière's disease

The ear

400

Wocka wocka! To voice this Muppet, Frank Oz said, "I had to flesh him out, so I made him desperately insecure"

Fozzie Bear

400

This situation means one negative consequence leads to another; Jim Collins popularized the term in his book "Good to Great"

A doom loop

400

This ant is being parasitized by a

A fungus

400

Money for the return of something lost & a compartment in a cabinet to keep it in

reward & drawer