Possible Clues:

• This might go up when you're 9 down or violently repulsed by drunken boors.
• When higher than normal it can be known as hypertension
• Dolores' superb form of circulatory force
• Force in the arteries
• See 20
• Superb old rose hybrid shows sign of life
• It is measured by sphygmometer
• It's taken while wearing a cuff
• 110/70 approximately for a healthy adult?
• It's taken at a checkup (2 words)