| MICROSCOPE | Device used to observe microbes; it was pioneered (though not invented) by Anton van Leeuwenhoek in the 17th century |
| ANTON | Microscope inventor van Leeuwenhoek |
| VAN | Anton ___ Leeuwenhoek (1632-1732) (Dutch naturalist who was the first to observe bacteria and protoz |
| BIOMETRIC | Microbe - it is unusual according to statistics relating to organisms |
| CONCENTRATION | Lock-up for large numbers of enemy civilians, its development was pioneered by Kitchener in the Sout |
| TELESCOPE | It's used to observe select abuse, given the rise of EPO |
| PEEPHOLES | Small openings in doors or walls used to observe the surroundings |
| PAVLOVA | Dessert not invented in Australia for the Dying Swan ballerina |
| PNEUMATICTYRE | Vehicle part that was pioneered by John Boyd Dunlop (9,4) |
| PERISCOPE | Instrument used to observe above from a submarine or a trench |
| EYEGLASS | Lens used to observe ocular prosthesis having exchanged components (8) |
| SPYGLASS | Optical instrument used to observe transparent material |
| KOKOMO | Indiana city where auto manufacturing was pioneered |
| NIH | Not Invented Here, acronym (3) |
| ADAPTED | "That was The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, ____ for radio by putting it onto a piece of wood and banging a few nails through it" (Gumby Theatre, Monty Python) |
| WEDDING | The ___, one-act comedy play by Anton Chekhov whose premiere was in 1900 (7) |
| NAZI | Which infamous political party was founded by Anton Drexler in 1919? (4) |
| WALL | Game show that was hosted by Anton Du Beke, Hole In the _ (4) |
| THEWALL | Game show which was hosted by Anton du Beke, Hole In _ _ (3,4) |
| THREESISTERS | Play by Anton Chekhov first performed in 1901 at the Moscow Art Theatre |