| COHL | Emile -, animated cartoon film pioneer whose works include 1908's Fantasmagorie |
| PATHE | Charles ___, French film pioneer whose eponymous company provided newsreels to British cinemas from 1910 to 1970 (5) |
| VON | Rocket pioneer whose work included the feared V2 missile, he went on after WWII to lead the US space |
| EMILECOHL | Animated cartoon film pioneer who made 1908's Fantasmagorie (5,4) |
| VANDONGEN | Kees ?, Dutch painter whose works include 1908's Modjesko, Soprano Singer |
| NOYES | Alfred, poet whose works include 1908's Drake (5) |
| WALTDISNEY | US pioneer of animated cartoon films who created Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (4,6) |
| GRIERSON | Documentary-film pioneer and GPO Film Unit chief whose productions include Drifters and Night Mail (8) |
| LITTLERICHARD | Rock and roll pioneer whose hits include Tutti Frutti and Good Golly, Miss Molly |
| CHARLES | Ray, U.S. soul music pioneer whose songs include Georgia on My Mind (7) |
| VERNE | Science-fiction pioneer whose novels include Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days (5) |
| JERRYLEELEWIS | Rock and roll pioneer whose hits include Great Balls of Fire and Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On |
| OLDS | Auto pioneer whose namesake car is being phased out |
| JOHNDEERE | Farm implement pioneer whose last name sounds like an antlered animal: 2 wds. |
| TESLA | Electrical pioneer whose last known U.S. patent was for a helicopter-plane |
| MESMER | Hypnosis pioneer whose name led to a verb |
| COOK | Railway tour pioneer whose first excursion was in 1845 (6,4) |
| BUDDYHOLLY | Rock and roll pioneer whose backing band were the Crickets |
| XEROX | Photocopying pioneer whose name is now a verb |
| ALAN | Computer pioneer whose face appears on the English A£50 note (4,6) |
