| BABBAGE | 19th century English mathematician who originated the concept of a programmable computer (7) |
| VCR | Device with a programmable clock, for short |
| MANETHO | Egyptian priest of the 3rd century BC whose Greek Aegyptiaca (History of Egypt) originated the concept of pharaonic dynasties (7) |
| NAPIER | Surname of the British conqueror of Sindh, and of the mathematician who originated the concept of logarithms (6) |
| DESKTOP | Counter to initialisation of programmable computer (7) |
| PREMISE | Starting concept of a story |
| ADLER | Alfred, Austrian psychiatrist who originated the concept of the 'inferiority complex' (5) |
| CHARLES | And 23 Across 19th-century English mathematician and inventor whose Analytical Engine is considered to have been the first computer (7,7) |
| SWARD | Old English "skin of meat", today's "skin of the earth", aka grassy green turf with semantic roots planted in the concept of a covering layer (5) |
| FRANZMESMER | Austrian physician (1734-1815) who originated the concept of 'animal magnetism' (5,6) |
| ROBOTRY | Science of programmable machines |
| THEORY | The concept of a man interrupting a politician (6) |
| SAVAGE | 18th century concept of a person of 'original' virtue, uncorrupted by the ills of industrial world; the noble ... |
| EULER | Mathematician who originated the equation e^(i * pi) + 1 = 0 |
| PILOTS | Episodes that establish the concept of a TV show |
| CARLJUNG | Which psychologist originated the concept of introvert and extrovert personality? (4,4) |
| BOOLE | George ___ 19th-century English mathematician (5) |
| ADA | ___ Lovelace, 19th century English mathematician (3) |
| NOTION | The concept of a negative electrical charge (6) |
| ERRONEOUS | Like the concept of a flat Earth |
