| TESLACOIL | Electrical device named for its inventor |
| SAWZALL | Cutting-edge device named for its versatility |
| MOUSE | An originally corded device named for its resemblance to a long-tailed rodent; or, with "potato", in imitation of "couch potato", a person who spends excessive amounts of time sat at a computer, using |
| DENVERBOOT | Car-immobilizing device named for the city where it was invented |
| TCOIL | Electrical transformer named for its inventor |
| GATLINGGUN | Weapon named for its inventor |
| UZI | Gun named for its inventor |
| DIESEL | Kind of engine named for its inventor |
| MASON | Kind of jar named for its inventor |
| FRESNEL | Lens named for its inventor |
| NACHO | Kind of chip named for its inventor, Ignacio Anaya |
| OLLIE | Trick named for its inventor |
| NACHOS | Cheesy dish named for its inventor, Ignacio Anaya |
| LAMP | See 8D, Down Safety device named after its 18th/19th-century Cornish inventor, Sir Humphry (4,4) |
| DAVY | Down Safety device named after its 18th/19th-century Cornish inventor, Sir Humphry (4,4) |
| DAVYLAMP | Mining safety device named after a Cornish chemist |
| GUILLOTINE | Decapitation device named after a French doctor (10) |
| MOOG | What famous music synthesiser was named after its inventor? (4) |
| BIRO | Ballpoint pen named after its inventor (4) |
| SCROLL | Infinite ___ (web feature that its inventor apologized for) |
