| COHL | Emile, Paris-born inventor of the animated cartoon film (4) |
| BIRO | Budapest-born inventor of the ballpoint pen (6,4) |
| HANK | First name of the protagonist of the animated TV series King of the Hill |
| MIKE | _ Judge, creator and star of the animated sitcom King of the Hill (4) |
| WALT | Name on the cover of "The Animated Man" |
| DALE | One of the animated chipmunk duo |
| BELL | Scottish-born inventor, co-founder of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, d. 1922 (4) |
| LASZLO | Budapest-born inventor of the ballpoint pen (6,4) |
| LISA | One of the animated Simpsons |
| GORE | Former Vice-President who defeated Yankovic in an Al-versus-Al segment of the animated show "Celebrity Deathmatch" |
| YOYO | _ Ma, Paris-born cellist (2-2) |
| HIRAM | and 25ac, US-born inventor of the first automatic machine gun (5,5) |
| MAXIM | Hiram ___, US-born inventor of the first automatic machine gun (5) |
| HIRAMMAXIM | and 25ac, US-born inventor of the first automatic machine gun (5,5) |
| NEWCOMEN | Devon-born inventor of the atmospheric steam engine in 1712 (8) |
| FAHRENHEIT | Polish-born inventor of the mercury thermometer |
| YVES | Paris-born painter Tanguy |
| MAAR | Paris-born Surrealist Dora |
| HUNTSMAN | Benjamin ___, 18th-century Lincolnshire-born inventor of cast steel (8) |
| RUBIK | Erno ?, Budapest-born inventor of a famous cube puzzle (5) |
