| MRPOTATOHEAD | Toy that used a real spud, originally |
| AAS | A French village that used a whistled language (3) |
| ZAPOTEC | Ancient Mexican civilization (c. 600 B.C. to A.D. 1000) that used a bar-and-dot system of enumeratio |
| ABEL | In 1912___ Kiviat ran to a silver in the 1st Olympic race that used a photo finish to determine winner |
| BABINGTON | When Mary, Queen of Scots wanted to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I, she began exchanging messages with her co-conspirator that used a mixture of codes and ciphers known as a nomenclator. The deciphered |
| BATTLEDORE | Ancient racket game that used a shuttlecock (10) |
| ABA | League that used a red, white and blue ball, for short |
| NOAHSARK | Shipping company that used a double-entry system (5,3) |
| ESSO | Brand that used a tiger in its ads |
| WII | Game console that used a Nunchuk attachment |
| RADIOHEAD | Band that used a pay-what-you-want model to sell their 2007 album |
| DOTMATRIXPRINTER | Noisy computer peripheral that used a 64 Across pattern |
| SQUEAKER | A pigeon squab; a wild boar piglet; an informer; a narrow victory; or, a toy that makes a sound suggestive of a (8) |
| ROLYPOLY | Traditional British roulade-like jam-and-suet pudding, baked or steamed; a toy that rights itself when pushed; or, a game of "gamboling" down a grassy slope (4-4) |
| YOYO | A toy that goes up and down on a string (4) |
| NUTCRACKER | Toy that becomes a prince, in a classic ballet |
| LEGO | Building toy that was a charter inductee of the National Toy Hall of Fame |
| BALLOON | Toy that derives its name from an originally linen-and-paper structure built by the Montgolfier brothers for carrying passengers in a basket (7) |
| RATTLE | A toy that a baby holds and shakes just to hear the noise it makes |
| SLIPNSLIDE | Outdoor toy that attaches to a garden hose |
