| CALCULUS | Professor ____ , genius inventor in the Tintin comics series (8) |
| FOXTERRIER | Snowy in the Tintin comics series was this breed of dog (3,7) |
| HAMM | Actor Jon who voiced genius inventor Herb Overkill in "Minions" |
| DEXTERSLABORATORY | Cartoon Network show about a boy-genius inventor |
| FRANKLIN | American inventor in the Pukekohe area (8) |
| COLUMBUS | Carry On ____ , last of the comic series released in 1992, starring Jim Dale in the title role (8) |
| PARASITE | Like a flea or tick this villain in the Superman comic series absorbs the energy of his host |
| EINSTEIN | People finally elected mug ___ genius! (8) |
| CROMPTON | Samuel -; inventor in 1779 of the spinning mule (8) |
| PANGLOSS | Professor __, character in Voltaire's Candide (8) |
| THEREMIN | Leon ___, Russian inventor in 1920 of an electronic musical instrument that bears his name (8) |
| SWATTEAM | Firing squad place inventor in line (4,4) |
| COCKEREL | He's liable to crow, crafty inventor, in speech |
| MORIARTY | Professor ___ (Character regarded as the 'Napoleon of crime' by Sherlock Holmes) |
| UNICORN | The Secret of the ___ :11th book in the Tintin series, made into a film almost 70 years after it was written (7) |
| EMERITUS | Professor ___ (MERE SUIT anagram) (8) |
| THOMSON | One of the detectives in the Tintin stories (7) |
| ARCHIE | Inventor in the children's TV series Balamory played by Miles Jupp (6) |
| TESLA | Inventor in the "war of the currents" |
| BRAINS | Scientist, engineer and inventor in the 19605 TV series Thunderbirds (6) |
