| BIRO | Laszlo -, Hungarian journalist who patented the first practical ball-point pen (4) |
| HOWE | US inventor who patented the world's first lockstitch sewing machine (4) |
| SAMUELCOLT | US inventor who patented the first practical single-barrelled revolver in England in 1835 (6,4) |
| GATLING | Richard J. ___, US inventor who patented the first practical machine gun in 1862 (7) |
| LASZLOBIRO | Hungarian-born inventor who patented the first modern ballpoint pen (6,4) |
| BELL | End of a trumpet; inventor of the first practical telephone; or, a stag's cry (4) |
| ALVA | American who patented over 1000 inventions including the microphone (6,4,6) |
| WATT | Scottish engineer and inventor who patented 'A new method of lessening the consumption of steam and fuel in fireengines' in 1769 (4) |
| COLT | US inventor who patented a revolver in 1836 (4) |
| SHOW | Reveal that mum took the ball-point (4) |
| LUMIERE | Brothers who patented the cinematograph, considered the world's first film-makers (7) |
| ELIASHOWE | US inventor who patented the first lockstitch sewing machine in 1846 (5,4) |
| SPENCER | Percy ___, US physicist who patented the microwave oven (eventually called the Radarange) in 1945 (7) |
| BAUER | Eddie who patented the first quilted down jacket |
| WHITTLE | Frank, English aeronautical engineer who patented the first jet engine in 1930 (7) |
| COCHRANE | Inventor who patented the first commercially successful dishwasher in 1886 (9,8) |
| JOSEPHINE | Inventor who patented the first commercially successful dishwasher in 1886 (9,8) |
| NIBS | Ball-point points |
| PENS | Ball-point and fountain |
| OWNS | Possesses ball-points x 3 (4) |
