| MESMER | Hypnosis pioneer whose name led to a verb |
| INTERNMENT | Burial, including first name, led to confinement (10) |
| XEROX | Photocopying pioneer whose name is now a verb |
| OLDS | Automotive pioneer whose name preceded a "mobile" |
| VON | Rocket pioneer whose work included the feared V2 missile, he went on after WWII to lead the US space |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| ALAN | Computer pioneer whose face appears on the English A£50 note (4,6) |
| TURING | Computer pioneer whose face appears on the English A£50 note (4,6) |
| COHL | Emile ?, animated cartoon film pioneer whose works include 1908's Fantasmagorie |
| LITTLERICHARD | Rock 'n' roll pioneer whose hits included Tutti-frutti (6,7) |
| COOK | Railway tour pioneer whose first excursion was in 1845 (6,4) |
| BUDDYHOLLY | Rock and roll pioneer whose backing band were the Crickets |
| SYLVIAMENDEZ | Her attempt to enroll in a segregated school led to a historic nineteen-forties court case |
| KARISMA | Actress whose court hearing over Sunjay Kapur's fortune led to a confrontation with his widow(first name) (7) |
| INFIDELS | Led to a Latin end to it for unbelievers (8) |
| RESETTLED | Led to a different street to become re-established (9) |
| ABBA | Band whose jukebox musical led to a pair of films |
| EDDIE | American rock and roll pioneer whose hits included C'mon Everybody and Summertime Blues (5,7) |
