| BUBBLE | Since its invention in 1959, it's the air-filled plastic packaging people can't stop popping: ___ wrap |
| CHARLESTON | Dance which has been in and out of fashion since its invention in the 1920s (10) |
| CUSHIONS | Bumpers on the rails of snooker tables from which the balls rebound; or, the air-filled sections supporting hovercrafts (8) |
| CREASE | Any of the lines on a cricket pitch such as the 'popping ___' (6) |
| BREATH | Life's first gift and last whisper, given freely but at times taken for granted - it's the air we inhale and exhale all day long, until it is gone (6) |
| BUBBLEWRAP | Plastic packaging material consisting of air-filled pockets (6,4) |
| NASAL | Air-filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face, _ cavity (5) |
| SINUSES | Air-filled cavities in the bones of the skull that can be frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid or maxillary (7) |
| SINUS | Any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull (5) |
| BEER | Drink that Dave Barry called the "greatest invention in the history of mankind" |
| OASIS | The invention in 1954 of what waterabsorbent foam revolutionised the floral industry? (5) |
| ECCLES | Greater Manchester town known for the invention, in 1793, of a pastry filled with dried fruit (6) |
| TELEVISION | Its invention let people see live images from far away |
| SONAR | The Titanic disaster partly inspired its invention |
| SHRINKWRAP | Psychiatrist given filled tortilla, observes plastic packaging |
| OPTI | Steve Martin's eyewear invention in The Jerk, the "___-Grab" |
| ROBERTSONSCREW | Canadian invention in the workshop since 1908: 2 wds. |
| BALLOONING | Travel by air in a cabin or basket beneath a large air-filled bag (10) |
| CAULKINGGUN | Patented in 1894, Canadian inventor Theodore Witte's invention in your tool kit: 2 wds. |
| JELLY | ___ Beanstalk candy Mr. Wonka's invention in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that can make Wonka bots into vineballs |
