| ROWLANDHILL | ____ is credited with the invention of the postage stamp |
| AMATI | 16th-century luthier Andrea ____ is credited with originating the violin, viola and cello |
| RICHELIEU | In addition to his political career, Cardinal ___ is credited with inventing the table knife |
| STAG | The deer in the postage stamp (4) |
| HOLE | The eighth one at 31 Down is called the Postage Stamp (4) |
| BIFOCAL | Benjamin Franklin is credited with the invention of what type of spectacles? (7) |
| HARGREAVES | James ?, 18th-century English weaver credited with the invention of the spinning jenny |
| HARLEYDAVIDSON | Motorcycle manufacturer credited with the invention of the chopper style |
| SLOANE | Credited with the invention of drinking chocolate, a physician and collector whose material formed the basis of the Natural History Museum (6) |
| 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) |
| NOBEL | Credited with the invention of dynamite in the west, which Swedish chemist left a substantial fortun |
| CARAVAGGIO | 16th-century Italian painter credited with the invention of tenebrism, a style of chiaroscuro (10) |
| ELLIS | William Webb ---, English clergyman often credited with the invention of rugby football (5) |
| KINGTON | Miles ___, British journalist, musician and broadcaster credited with the invention of Franglais |
| WEBB | William --- Ellis, English clergyman often credited with the invention of rugby football (4) |
| ALFRED | Which king of Wessex is credited with the foundation of the English navy? (6) |
| 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) |
| UDULL | Which headmaster of Eton in 1537 and tutor to Edward Courtenay in the Tower, is credited with the fi |
