| REMINGTON | Eliphalet -, US inventor and arms manufacturer who died in 1861 |
| OTIS | Elisha Graves ?, American inventor of an elevator who died in 1861 |
| ALBERT | Husband of Queen Victoria of Great Britain who died in 1861 (6) |
| NOBEL | Explosives expert and arms manufacturer oddly responsible for 20 31 (5) |
| WILLS | William John ___, English explorer who died in 1861 after having crossed Australia from south to north (5) |
| BURKE | Robert O"Hara ?, leader of the first expedition across Australia from south to north who died in 1861 (5) |
| DEERE | John ___, 19th-century US inventor and manufacturer of agricultural implements based in Illinois (5) |
| BUICK | David Dunbar ___, Scottish-born inventor and automobile manufacturer who died in 1929 (5) |
| BUGATTI | Ettore ___, Italy-born car manufacturer who died in France in 1947 (7) |
| DAIMLER | Gottlieb ___, German engineer and car manufacturer who died in 1900 (7) |
| PEUGEOT | Armand ?, French bicycle and motor car manufacturer who died in 1915 (7) |
| OLDS | Ransom Eli ___, US car manufacturer who died in 1950 (4) |
| LAMBORGHINI | Ferruccio ?, Italian tractor and sports car manufacturer who died in 1993 |
| BENZ | Karl, German engineer and car manufacturer who died in 1929 (4) |
| CITROEN | Andre, engineer and motor manufacturer who died in 1935 (7) |
| MAUSER | German arms manufacturer founded in 1811 (6) |
| NOBELPRIZE | Dynamite inventor and arms-trade mogul Alfred gave his name to this annual award (5,5) |
| NIKOLATESLA | Serbian US inventor and electrical engineer (1856-1943) |
| EDISON | US inventor and physicist, 1847-1931 (6) |
| MORSE | Samuel ___ (1791-1872), US inventor and telegraph pioneer (5) |
