| GATLING | Richard J ... , American inventor of a rapid-fire gun patented in 1862 (7) |
| UZI | Rapid-fire gun in many action movies |
| OROURKE | P. J. ---, American satirist, author of 1988 book Holidays In Hell, who died in February (7) |
| OGLESBY | Richard J -, Union Army general in the American Civil War; governor of Illinois from 1865-69, 1873 and 1885-89 (7) |
| WHITNEY | Eli, American inventor of a mechanical cotton gin (7) |
| STAPLER | Item of office equipment first patented in 1866 (7) |
| MECCANO | Model construction system created by Frank Hornby, patented in 1901 (7) |
| EASTMAN | George ___, US photography pioneer who invented the Kodak camera, patented in 1888 (7) |
| CHARLES | US chemist and engineer who invented vulcanised rubber, patented in 1844 (7) |
| AIRBAGS | What vehicle safety feature was patented in 1973? (3,4) |
| RATATAT | Rapid fire sound |
| TOASTER | Kitchen device first patented in 1921 |
| GATLINGGUN | A rapid-fire machine gun (7-3) |
| COLT | Samuel, American inventor of a type of revolver (4) |
| OTIS | Elisha Graves, American inventor of a safety device for lifts who died in 1861 (4) |
| HEIMLICH | Henry J -, American surgeon after whom a manoeuvre for dislodging a foreign body in a person's windpipe is named |
| ROYKO | Author of the best seller "Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago" |
| BIRDSEYE | Clarence, American inventor of a process for freezing food (8) |
| ABRAMS | J.J. ---, American TV producer of Alias, Lost and Fringe (6) |
| HEINZ | Henry J. ---, American entrepreneur who founded a condiments business in the 19th Century (5) |
