| NIKOLATESLA | Inventor noted for his work on the alternating current supply system |
| ABBE | Ernst -, German physicist and inventor noted for his work in optics (4) |
| ELEC | AC supply |
| EDISON | His invention of the direct current electrical generator lost out to the alternating current options |
| TESLA | Inventor of the alternating current induction motor |
| ACCRETE | Stick together in the alternating current near the island (7) |
| ARRHENIUS | Svante August ___, (1859-1927), Swedish chemist and physicist noted for his work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation and his model of the greenhouse effect: Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1903 (9) |
| ANGELL | Norman ___, Labour MP noted for his work on the economic futility of war, The Great Illusion, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933 (6) |
| SHEPARD | EH, English illustrator noted for his work on the Winnie-The-Pooh books (7) |
| ROGET | Which English physician, inventor and lexicographer is known for his work on the slide-rule and his |
| LEONHARDEULER | 18th Century Swiss mathematician noted for his work on the calculus of variation (8,5) |
| EULER | Leonhard, 18th Century Swiss mathematician noted for his work on the calculus of variation (5) |
| GELLNANN | Murray -; theoretical physicist noted for his work on the theory of elementary particles (4-4) |
| AUBREYBEARDSLEY | Illustrator born in 1872 noted for his work on The Yellow Book (6,9) |
| INGRID | Half the main supply system is for her! |
| ELECTRICBLANKET | Coverage for retirement dependent on current supply (8,7) |
| ITSHOT | "Turn on the AC!" |
| IMHOT | "Can we put on the AC?" |
| DOPPLER | Christian ?, 19th-century mathematician and physicist noted for his work on the frequency of light and sound waves |
| ADLER | Larry ___, harmonica-player who won an Oscar nomination for his work on the soundtrack of the 1953 film Genevieve |
