| BELL | Great inventor born in 1847 lives! |
| EDISON | U.S. inventor born in 1847 nicknamed the Wizard of Menlo Park (6) |
| BESANT | Annie, educationist and women's rights activist born in 1847 (6) |
| ANNIEBESANT | Social reformer and supporter of Indian independence born in 1847 |
| BABBAGE | Charles ___, inventor born in 1791 who built a calculator that anticipated the computer (7) |
| TESLA | Nikola, American physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, born in Croatia (1856-1943) (5) |
| SAMUELCOLT | U.S. firearms inventor born in 1814 who popularised the revolver (6,4) |
| BERLINER | Emile ******** , inventor born in 1851 noted for the lateral-cut flat disc record (8) |
| LIFESENTENCE | "Edison was born in 1847 and died in 1931" |
| CARELESS | "... talk costs lives!" the British government warned in February, 1940 in its nation-wide anti-goss |
| TALK | "Careless ... costs lives!" the British government warned in February, 1940 in its nation-wide anti- |
| DAVY | British chemist and inventor, born Cornwall 1778, who discovered sodium, potassium and calcium (4) |
| EEL | It has less than three lives! (3) |
| CATONINETAILS | Whip pet with as many appendages as lives! |
| EXISTS | Blunderingly sets about team ___ but lives! (6) |
| VOLKSIE | VW lives! OK, relax (7) |
| OUR | We had the time of ___ lives! |
| ELVIS | Maybe he lives! (5) |
| NEXTDOOR | Where your neighbour lives! (4,4) |
| QUESTLOVE | This filmmaker/drummer/actor will screen his new film at Sundance, titled "SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)" |
