| PARSONS | Sir Charles Algernon -; engineer whose invention of the modern steam turbine in 1884 revolutionised marine propulsion (7) |
| WATT | Scottish engineer whose invention of a separate condenser revolutionised the steam engine, furthering technological advancements of Industrial Revolution (4) |
| TORRICELLI | Italian physicist whose invention of the mercury barometer in 1643 contributed towards the proof of |
| LUMIERE | French brothers whose invention of the Cinematographe marked the birth of the film industry (7) |
| LAENNEC | French physician whose invention of the stethoscope is said to be inspired by his skill in carving flutes (7) |
| DAVY | Cornish chemist whose invention of a firedamp safety lamp decreased the number of fatalities of miners and contributed to the progression of the industrialisation of Britain (4) |
| MARY | Nickname given to the first public electric steam turbine in the US (4-3) |
| TEES | Piles of wet sand supporting golf balls prior to the invention of the pegs of the same name used today; or, the exact centres of houses in curling (4) |
| BERTILLON | Parisian criminologist whose invention of a system of identification based on mug shots was superseded by fingerprinting in the early 20th century (9) |
| PUGIN | Architect, polemicist and principal proponent of the Gothic revival who wrote Contrasts and collaborated with Sir Charles Barry on the detail, fittings and furnishings of the Palace of Westminster (5) |
| NASMYTH | Artist and engineer best-known for his invention of the steam hammer whose self-portrait in pastel is held by the National Galleries of Scotland (7) |
| DEWAR | Scottish chemist and physicist upon whose invention of a vacuum flask the Thermos is based (5) |
| SMEATON | Civil engineer whose revolutionary design of the third candlelit Eddystone lighthouse in Devon was inspired by the shape and strength of the oak tree (7) |
| CHARLES | Irish engineer born in 1854 who invented the steam turbine (7) |
| RICHARDSON | Samuel -, author of 1753 novel The History of Sir Charles Grandison (10) |
| BAGPIPES | Played by Papageno in Mozart's The Magic Flute, the syrinx whose invention was credited by the ancient Greeks to a faun-like rural god (3-5) |
| PANPIPES | Played by Papageno in Mozart's The Magic Flute, the syrinx whose invention was credited by the ancient Greeks to a faun-like rural god (3-5) |
| CORK | The bark of this oak is used to produce wine bottle stoppers, though in less quantities since the invention of the Stelvin closure |
| TYCHO | Danish astronomer (1546-1601) who made the most accurate measurements of the solar system prior to the invention of the telescope (5) |
| BRAHE | Danish astronomer (1546-1601) who made the most accurate measurements of the solar system prior to the invention of the telescope (5) |
