| BABBAGE | Charles ---, English mathematician and engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer (7) |
| SHANNON | Claude ---, US mathematician and engineer who pioneered information theory |
| VCR | Device with a programmable clock, for short |
| NAPIER | Surname of the British conqueror of Sindh, and of the mathematician who originated the concept of logarithms (6) |
| ADLER | Alfred, Austrian psychiatrist who originated the concept of the 'inferiority complex' (5) |
| 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) |
| MANETHO | Egyptian priest of the 3rd century BC whose Greek Aegyptiaca (History of Egypt) originated the concept of pharaonic dynasties (7) |
| THEORY | The concept of a man interrupting a politician (6) |
| CARLJUNG | Which psychologist originated the concept of introvert and extrovert personality? (4,4) |
| BOOLE | George ___, English mathematician and philosopher who invented the logic which is the basis of modern computing |
| ELONMUSK | Technology entrepreneur and engineer who is lead designer of SpaceX and product architect of Tesla, Inc |
| READE | Charles, English author of the historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth (5) |
| PILOTS | Episodes that establish the concept of a TV show |
| SAVAGE | 18th century concept of a person of 'original' virtue, uncorrupted by the ills of industrial world; the noble ... |
| BRUNEL | Great Western Railway pioneer and engineer who designed SS Great Eastern - the largest ship ever built at the time of her launch in 1843 (6) |
| WHITTLE | Frank, English aviator and engineer who invented the jet engine (7) |
| NOTION | The concept of a negative electrical charge (6) |
| ERRONEOUS | Like the concept of a flat Earth |
| LOVELACE | Ada _, English mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron, cited as the world's first computer programmer (8) |
