| CORBY | Peter, English inventor of the electric trouser press named after him (5) |
| EXHORT | Old men by hotel getting tip for trouser press (6) |
| VOLTA | Count Alessandro ---, inventor of the electric battery and discoverer of methane (5) |
| PEARS | Peter -, English tenor who created the role of Peter Quint in 1954 Benjamin Britten opera The Turn of the Screw (5) |
| ROGET | Peter ---, English doctor, writer and inventor best known for his dictionary of synonyms known as the Thesaurus (5) |
| LYNNE | Co-founder of The Electric Light Orchestra who soon became the leader (4,5) |
| BROOK | Peter, English theatre director whose productions include The Mahabharata (5) |
| EBDON | Peter, English former snooker World Champion (2002) whose nicknames include The Force (5) |
| FONDA | Jane of "The Electric Horseman" |
| CROMPTON | Samuel ___, English inventor of the spinning mule (8) |
| WHITTLE | Frank ___, English inventor of the jet engine for aircraft (7) |
| PITMAN | Sir Isaac _; English inventor of the shorthand system (6) |
| CARTWRIGHT | Edmund, English inventor of the power loom (10) |
| BAYLIS | Trevor, English inventor of the wind-up radio (6) |
| DAVY | Humphry ---, English inventor of a safety lamp who coined the name 'laughing gas' for nitrous oxide (4) |
| ISAACPITMAN | English inventor of phonographic shorthand (5,6) |
| HUNTSMAN | Benjamin ?, 18th-century English inventor of crucible steel |
| FLUX | Rate of the flow of particles or energy through a specified area; or, the measure of the electric field through a given surface (4) |
| JEFF | Co-founder of The Electric Light Orchestra who soon became the leader (4,5) |
| WARLOCK | Peter, English composer whose works included the song cycle The Curlew (7) |
