| ORY | Suffix to 'Invent' (Stock) |
| CONFABULATE | To invent things that happened in the past to compensate for loss of memory (11) |
| NYT | Pub. that predicted it would take one to 10 million years to invent a flying machine, two months before the first airplane flight |
| IDEA | What you first need to invent something |
| CONTRAVENTION | Breach order to invent cartoon (13) |
| VINCENT | Van Gogh about to invent a puzzle (7) |
| APILE | "To invent, you need a good imagination and ___ of junk" --Thomas Edison |
| BENFRANKLIN | His experiments in electricity led him to invent the lightning rod: 2 wds. |
| EMAIL | Old lady to invent round sandwiches (possibly spam) (5) |
| GOLDCOIN | The bull's-eye's to invent something valuable (4,4) |
| PEEPHOLE | He worked with people to invent security device (8) |
| TIMIDITY | New ditty I'm beginning to invent, showing shyness (8) |
| TRUMPUP | President raised to invent false accusations, say (5,2) |
| NIMBI | IT company starting to invent new revolutionary clouds (5) |
| DEWAR | Scientist and violinist whose work in cryogenics enabled him to invent the vacuum flask that was later renamed and patented for commercial use by Thermos (5) |
| LAMARR | Hedy, Austrian-born film star who helped to invent a radio communications device (6) |
| PRALINE | Nut confection named after a French duke who inspired his chef to invent it; or, a chocolate filled with said nutty sweetmeat or with fondant (7) |
| EDISON | He once said, "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk" |
| NOT | "It's ___ you, it's me" (line that George Costanza claimed to invent) |
| CREATE | To invent a crate it needs some direction (6) |
