| JUNKERS | Hugo ---, German engineer and aircraft designer who created the first practical all-metal aircraft (7) |
| HUGOJUNKERS | German engineer and aircraft designer who created the first practical all-metal aircraft (4,7) |
| RJMITCHELL | Aircraft designer who created the Supermarine Spitfire |
| NEWCOMEN | Thomas ___, English inventor who created the first practical steam engine for pumping water |
| CHOPPER | Husband in metal aircraft (7) |
| CESSNA | Clyde, US aviator and aircraft designer who died in 1954 (6) |
| VERSACE | Italian designer who created the iconic "safety pin" gown worn by Elizabeth Hurley to the Four Weddings and a Funeral premiere in 1994 (7) |
| IRVIN | Rea ___, graphic designer who created The New Yorker's typeface and mascot |
| MINING | Trade for the Sinai laborers who created the first alphabet |
| SCHIAPARELLI | Elsa ___, Italian-born French fashion designer who created the colour shocking pink in 1937 (12) |
| DIOR | Fashion designer who created 'the bar suit' in 1947 (4) |
| PILGRIM | ___ Fathers, group of Puritan settlers who created the first permanent colony in New England in 1620 (7) |
| TRAJAN | Roman emperor lauded as Optimus Princeps who created the first public shopping mall (6) |
| TRINA | Cartoonist Robbins who created the first comic about a lesbian |
| BETHUNE | Canadian doctor who created the first mobile blood transfusion clinic |
| VOYSEY | An Arts and Crafts architect and designer who created patterns for textiles and wallpaper based on animal and bird life (6) |
| CLYDE | US aviator and aircraft designer nicknamed The Birdman of Enid who died in 1954 (5,6) |
| CLYDECESSNA | US aviator and aircraft designer nicknamed The Birdman of Enid who died in 1954 |
| EERO | ___ Aarnio, interior designer who created the bubble chair |
| COCO | - - - Chanel, French fashion designer who created the LBD (4) |