| KATE | Feminist Millett who popularized the concept of the patriarchy |
| ELTON | Zoologist and author of Animal Ecology who was one of the inventors of the concept of the food chain (5) |
| HANNAHARENDT | German-born philosopher who introduced the concept of the "banality of evil" |
| ALFREDADLER | Austrian psychiatrist who developed the concept of the inferiority complex in the early 1900s (6,5) |
| ADLER | Austrian psychiatrist who introduced the concept of the inferiority complex (5) |
| CARLJUNG | Swiss psychologist who developed the concept of the collective unconscious (4,4) |
| WINNICOTT | Psychoanalyst Donald who developed the concept of the "good-enough mother" |
| LAPLACE | French polymath who came close to postulating the concept of the black hole with what he called corps obscur, or "dark body" (7) |
| ENO | Musician who is credited with popularizing the concept of the recording studio as an instrument |
| NIETZSCHE | Philosopher associated with the concept of the superman |
| PAVLOV | Ivan, Russian physiologist noted for the concept of the conditioned reflex (6) |
| ONLYFANS | 21st-century site that "helped mainstream the concept of the e-girlfriend," according to a Vox article |
| MONOTHEISM | Belief or doctrine that there is only one God, sometimes considered incompatible with the concept of the Trinity (10) |
| COCO | - - - Chanel, French fashion designer credited with the concept of the little black dress (4) |
| MANCAVEAT | "...except for the patriarchy," for example? |
| SMASH | Destructive verb after Hulk or before the patriarchy |
| FEMINISM | Ideology that might seek to smash the patriarchy |
| ALAND | Hall of Fame DJ who popularized the term "rock-and-roll" |
| SOUSA | Bandmaster who popularized the use of a wraparound instrument |
| LEBEAU | Dick ___, Pro Football Hall of Fame coach who popularized the zone blitz |
