| ALLAN | ___ screw, one with a hexagonal recess in the head, named after its U.S. patentee (5) |
| ALLEN | ____ screw, one with a hexagonal recess in the head, named after its U.S. patentee (5) |
| ALLENKEY | L-shaped tool with a hexagonal cross section used to turn a screw with a hexagonal recess in the head |
| RUDGE | In short, the governmental head named Barnaby (5) |
| RAT | Egyptian ___ Screw (card game) |
| THEHURTLOCKER | This war film had its U.S. premiere at the 2009 SXSW Festival; it went on to win a Best Picture Oscar |
| ITTTECHNICALINSTITUTE | It closed all 130+ of its U.S. campuses in 2016 |
| INLET | A bay or recess in the shore of a sea, lake, or river (5) |
| CATAN | Game with a hexagonal board |
| BOWER | Anchor at front of recess in the garden (5) |
| KODAK | Box camera patentee of 5/7/1888 |
| ELIAS | 1846 patentee Howe |
| NOBEL | Dynamite patentee Alfred |
| JACKKNIFE | A knife with the blade pivoted to fold into a recess in the handle (9) |
| BENZENERING | In chemistry, what is a hexagonal configuration featuring six carbon atoms, each forming a single bond with a hydrogen atom in an alternating sequence of single and double bonds? (7,4) |
| ALCOVE | Recess in the wall of a room or garden; from Arabic, ' the vault' (6) |
| MAINFRAME | Large computer known for its high-speed data processing abilities, its input/output units (such as large-capacity disks and printers), and, historically, the remote terminals used to access it. It's u |
| COVE | A bloke from a small recess in the shoreline |
| BAY | A curve or recess in the shore of a sea etc. |
| SETTLERSOFCATAN | Best-selling game with a hexagonal board |