| NISSEN | Surname of the inventor of a prefabricated steel structure, made from a half-cylindrical skin of corrugated steel, designed during the First World War |
| NISSENHUT | Prefabricated steel structure, widely used during World War II (6,3) |
| PERGOLA | Garden structure made from a pear log (7) |
| REBELLED | Showed dissent, stuffing one end of cor anglais in the other |
| CYMBELINE | Directed opening of Cor Blimey! — new English play |
| COLT | What was the surname of Samuel, the inventor of a famous pistol? (4) |
| BACKTOTHEFUTURE | Comic sci-fi film series featuring Doc Emmett Brown as the inventor of a time machine (4,2,3,6) |
| PREFAB | A prefabricated structure |
| EASTMAN | Surname of the inventor of the Kodak camera (7) |
| BABBAGE | Surname of the inventor of the first mechanical computer (7) |
| NOBEL | Surname of the inventor of dynamite (5) |
| ELTON | Zoologist and author of Animal Ecology who was one of the inventors of the concept of the food chain (5) |
| DECIBEL | Unit partly derived from the name of the inventor of the telephone |
| TREVOR | Forename of the inventor of the clockwork radio, an embroidery frame, foot-operated scissors, a onehanded bottle-opener, a wind-up torch and many other devices (6) |
| NEST | A structure made by a bird during nidification, hence a cosy retreat, den or snug; a shell of meringue for a filling; or, a set of tables, graduating in size (4) |
| FILMSTAR | Descriptive of the inventor of plastic film? Could be in a movie! (4,4) |
| KEEL | The lengthwise timber or steel structure along the base of a ship (4) |
| TAE | Monogram of the inventor of the phonograph |
| TEEN | Age range of the inventor of the trampoline |
| ALVA | Middle name of the inventor of the electrographic vote recorder |
