| ARCHAEOLOGY | One of the major innovators in modern Arab art, Dia al-Azzawi graduated from Baghdad University with a degree in this field, which put him in direct contact with ancient civilizations of the Middle Ea |
| SARAHBAARTMAN | Shaman and Arab art redeem human exhibit (5,8) |
| ASSYRIA | Ancient empire resembling modern Arab country |
| AVANTGARDE | The pioneers or innovators in any art in a particular period (5,5) |
| CREATORS | Innovators in action |
| TRUMP | General name for one of the Major Arcana cards in tarot, such as the Fool, the Hermit or the Devil (5) |
| HABITATLOSS | One of the major factors in the endangerment and extinction of species: 2 wds. |
| JEREMYPIVEN | "Entourage" actor who plays a tech innovator in the new CBS drama "Wisdom of the Crowd": 2 wds. |
| ENO | see 4dn, Former member of Roxy Music who was one of the principal innovators of ambient music |
| BRIAN | and 30dn, Former member of Roxy Music who was one of the principal innovators of ambient music |
| BRIANENO | Former member of Roxy Music who was one of the principal innovators of ambient music |
| EMPRESS | The -; one of the major arcana or trump cards in a traditional tarot deck (7) |
| WHEEL | - of Fortune; one of the major arcana cards in a tarot deck (5) |
| ANNALS | One of the major histories of the Roman Empire written by Tacitus (6) |
| MANICHAEANISM | One of the major Iranian Gnostic religions, originating in Sassanid Persia, that thrived between the third and seventh centuries |
| DENNISKUCINICH | The first 2020 presidential debate takes place on Sept. 29 at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland; this former Ohio congressman graduated from the school in 1975 |
| THOMASHARRIS | "The Silence of the Lambs" novelist who graduated from Baylor in 1964 and began working as a reporter for the local Waco Tribune-Herald |
| LAWRENCE | Child prodigy who graduated from Oxford University in 1985 at the age of 13 |
| RUTH | Child prodigy who graduated from Oxford University in 1985 at the age of 13 |
| JAYWYNNE | Former BBC Weather forecaster who graduated from Reading University with a MSc in Applied Meteorology in 1999 |
