| STRINGTHEORY | Sheldon and Amy's Nobel Prize on The Big Bang Theory was for an expansion of this concept (6,6) |
| RETINA | Backpart of the eyeball sensitive to light, an expansion of the optic nerve fibers |
| TREATMENT | In cinema, an expansion of a script into sequence form, indicating camera angles and dialogue (9) |
| EDISON | His first patent was for an "Electrographic Vote Recorder" |
| BONO | The band U2 was named the winner of the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize in September; this man, along with the Edge, will accept the prize on the group's behalf in Tulsa on Oct.21 |
| RAJ | Friend of Sheldon and Leonard, on "The Big Bang Theory" (anagram of JAR) |
| PLUMBED | Tested the depths of prize on the bottom of the river (7) |
| BINOMIALTHEOREM | In maths, the ____ gives an expansion, with n+1 terms, of (x + y) to the (integer) power n |
| LEONARD | The Big Bang Theory friends and fellow physicists, Sheldon and ... (7) |
| KLINGON | Fictional language spoken w Sheldon and Leonard on"The Big Bang Theory" |
| ALOHASPIRIT | May 1 is Lei Day in Hawaii; the lei represents this concept of peace and goodwill |
| BIN | Dusty - character and booby prize on the game show 3-2-1, from 1978-88 (3) |
| TOTALHOCKEY | Balkishan Singh was the first to experiment with this concept in India. (5,6) |
| TRIP | Big prize on "The Price Is Right" |
| NEWCAR | Big prize on "The Price Is Right": 2 wds. |
| CAR | Big prize on "The Price Is Right" |
| JOYCEBROTHERS | Only woman to win the top prize on "The $64,000 Question" |
| TOPIC | Backed prize on the writer, chapter and theme (5) |
| EXPLODED | Ranted and raved when the theory was disproved? (8) |
| OED | Champs' prize on the UK game show "Countdown" |
