| SUBMARINES | Inventions that inspired the sci-fi novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne |
| NEMO | Fictional captain in Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (4) |
| EDISON | Thomas _ inventor of 1000 inventions that include the phonograph (6) |
| NAUTILUS | Name of Captain Nemo's submarine in Jules Verne's adventure novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island (8) |
| HELICOPTER | Invention whose successful model was made by Igor Sikorsky that was inspired by the sci-fi novel Clipper of the Clouds by Jules Verne |
| ROBOT | Invention that was first mentioned in the sci-fi novel R.U.R by Karel Capek from which the name was derived |
| CARD | Credit ___ invention that was first mentioned in the sci-fi novel Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy |
| WEB | World Wide ___ invention by Tim Berners-Lee that was mentioned in the sci-fi novel Dial F for Frankenstein by Arthur C. Clarke |
| ATOM | ___ bomb nuclear weapon which was first mentioned in the sci-fi novel The World Set Free by HG Wells |
| SIKORSKY | Inspired by stories by Jules Verne and sketches by Leonardo da Vinci, inventor of the first mass-produced helicopter (8) |
| VERNE | Science-fiction pioneer whose novels include Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days (5) |
| JULES | Author famous for Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, etc. (5,5) |
| GIANTSQUID | Creature that attacked the Nautilus in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" |
| TAHITI | Island called the "queen of the Pacific" in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" |
| SEA | Jules Verne, the science fiction pioneer, wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The ... |
| PHILEAS | - Fogg; protagonist in the adventure novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (7) |
| JULESVERNE | French author whose novels include Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty |
| NEYLAND | Canadian from Quebec in Jules Verne's classic book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: 2 wds. |
| KIRK | Character in the sci-fi novel 'The Kobayashi Maru' |
| CLARKE | Author of the sci-fi novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C ... |
