| TRIUMPHAL | Type of arch thought to have been invented in ancient Rome |
| UMBRELLA | We use this device as a rain shield but it was invented in ancient times to provide a little shade f |
| CHOCOLATE | Dark, milk or white, this sweet treat was originally invented in ancient Mesoamerica (9) |
| HOURGLASSES | Time-keeping devices thought to have been invented in Alexandria in the 3rd century |
| PAPER | Everyday product said to have been invented in China in about AD 100. (5) |
| CAESARSALAD | Dish said to have been invented in 1924 by Cardini in Tijuana (6,5) |
| OXTAIL | Soup which is believed to have been invented in Spitalfields, London in the 17th Century (6) |
| BASEBALL | Team game believed to have been invented in 1839 by West Point cadet Abner Doubleday |
| SUSHI | Japanese dish said to have been invented in its modern form (nigiri) by Hanaya Yohei c. 1824 (5) |
| SNOOKER | This cue game, played on a billiard table with unnumbered balls, is thought to have been invented by British Army officers in India |
| SHORTBREAD | Named for its crumbly texture and said to have been invented or refined by Mary, Queen of Scots, a rich, buttery biscuit in the form of a finger, petticoat-tail or round (10) |
| ANEMOMETER | Wind gauge, said to have been invented by Leon Battista Alberti in 1450 (10) |
| LYDIA | Ancient Anatolian kingdom where coins are said to have been invented |
| MESS | Eton -; pudding of whipped cream, broken meringue and strawberries, said to have been invented when a Labrador sat on a pavlova at a school open day (4) |
| BEARNAISE | Rich French sauce based on Hollandaise, said to have been invented by chef Jean-Louis Francoise-Collinet in 1836 (9) |
| LYRE | Instrument said to have been invented by Hermes |
| MESOPOTAMIA | Where writing is believed to have been invented |
| NAPLES | Where pizza is said to have been invented |
| UTAH | State where "dirty soda" is believed to have been invented |
| OGEE | Pair of eggheads go up to describe particular type of arch |
