| MECCANO | Metal construction toy invented by Frank Hornby in 1898 (7) |
| LINCOLNLOGS | Construction toy invented by John Lloyd WRIGHT |
| FERRARI | Enzo -, car designer and manufacturer born In Moden a, Italy, in 1898 (7) |
| REIGATE | Small town in Surrey (pop 22,000), with a fort built in 1898 (7) |
| TENNIEL | John ___ (1820 - 1914), British illustrator and cartoonist, knighted in 1898 (7) |
| RENAULT | French car-maker, founded in 1898 (7) |
| MARCUSE | Herbert ****. German-US philosopher born in 1898 (7) |
| SANJUAN | Hill in the news in 1898 |
| POGOSTICK | Toy invented by Max Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall in Hanover in 1920 (4,5) |
| ERECTOR | "___ Set" (collectable construction toy) |
| ROBESON | Paul, U.S. bass baritone singer, actor and civil rights activist born in 1898 (7) |
| SPIROGRAPH | Geometric drawing toy invented by a British engineer, first sold in 1965 (10) |
| ETCHASKETCH | Mechanical drawing toy invented by Andre Cassagnes in the late 1950s as L'Ecran Magique |
| SLINKY | A springy toy invented by U.S. naval engineer Richard T James (6) |
| RUBIKSCUBE | 1980s toy invented by a Hungarian architect (2 wds.) |
| HOWTOBE | 2001 novel by Nick Hornby (3,2,2,4) |
| JET | Engine invented by Frank Whittle (3) |
| MENTALITY | Tiny metal construction shows attitude (9) |
| TWIGGY | Professional name of British fashion model and actress born Lesley Hornby in 1949 (6) |
| HORNBY | Frank, English businessman who invented the Meccano model construction system in 1898 (6) |
