| Inventor of bread? | 18 |
| Inventor of basketball | 22 |
| Inventor of an instant camera | 29 |
| Inventor of an eponymous engine | 31 |
| Inventor of an early telescope | 30 |
| Inventor of an alcohol thermometer | 34 |
| Inventor of alternating current | 31 |
| Inventor of a Turkish confection? | 33 |
| Inventor of a steel-making process | 34 |
| Inventor of a steam engine | 26 |
| Inventor of a six-color puzzle | 30 |
| Inventor of a six-color fad | 27 |
| Inventor of a sign language | 27 |
| Inventor of a rotatable cube | 28 |
| Inventor of a practical gyroscope | 33 |
| Inventor of a pistol | 20 |
| Inventor of a mineral hardness scale | 36 |
| Inventor of a high-rise braking system | 38 |
| Inventor of a glass harmonica | 29 |
| Inventor of a coil that bears his name | 38 |
| Inventor of a camera | 20 |
| Inventor of a burner | 20 |
| Inventor of a braking system for cars | 37 |
| Inventor of a "Vegetable Compound" | 44 |
| Inventor of a '60s synthesizer | 34 |
| Inventor Nikola ___ | 19 |
| Inventor Nikola and family | 26 |
| Inventor Nikola et al. | 23 |
| Inventor Nikola | 15 |
| Inventor Morse | 14 |
| Inventor monogram | 17 |
| Inventor McCormick | 18 |
| Inventor Linus: 1821-68 | 23 |
| Inventor Lee ___ | 16 |
| Inventor Jethro and namesakes | 29 |
| Inventor Jethro | 15 |
| Inventor James | 14 |
| Inventor Howe | 13 |
| Inventor hired by Westinghouse | 30 |
| Inventor given a gold medal by Titanic survivors | 48 |
| Inventor George | 15 |
| Inventor Fulton | 15 |
| Inventor from Menlo Park | 24 |
| Inventor from Hartford | 22 |
| Inventor from Budapest | 22 |
| Inventor friend of Henry Ford | 29 |
| Inventor Franklin | 17 |
| Inventor for whom a N.J. township is named | 42 |
| Inventor famed for plows | 24 |
| Inventor Evinrude | 17 |
| Inventor Elisha and patriot James | 33 |
| Inventor Elisha | 15 |
| Inventor Elias ___ | 18 |
| Inventor Elias and others | 25 |
| Inventor Elias | 14 |
| Inventor Edwin's cloak (or painting) | 40 |
| Inventor Edison | 15 |
| Inventor dubbed "the patron saint of modern electricity" | 66 |
| Inventor depicted in "The Prestige" | 45 |
| Inventor De Forest | 18 |
| Inventor center? | 16 |
| Inventor Berliner | 17 |
| Inventor and oft-cited eponym for a phrase meaning "the genuine article" | 82 |
| Inventor and electricity pioneer (the coil named for him is twisted up in four answers) | 87 |
| Inventor after whom a Yale residential college is named | 55 |
| Inventor | 8 |
| Inventiveness of a sort | 23 |
| Inventive Whitney | 17 |
| Inventive Vermont blacksmith of the 19th century | 48 |
| Inventive type? | 15 |
| Inventive type | 14 |
| Inventive thoughts | 18 |
| Inventive thought | 17 |
| Inventive Swiss painter | 23 |
| Inventive sorts? | 16 |
| Inventive sorts | 15 |
| Inventive sort? | 15 |
| Inventive sort | 14 |
| Inventive one | 13 |
| Inventive monogram? | 19 |
| Inventive monogram | 18 |
| Inventive initials | 18 |
| Inventive fellow | 16 |
| Inventive cubist? | 17 |
| Inventive account | 17 |
| Inventive | 9 |
| Inventions, so to speak | 23 |
| Inventions | 10 |
| Invention, so to speak | 22 |
| Invention, of a sort | 20 |
| Invention's origin | 22 |
| Invention's beginning | 25 |
| Invention that's not thought highly of | 42 |
| Invention that prompted NBC to adopt the peacock logo | 53 |
| Invention starter | 17 |
| Invention start | 15 |
| Invention spawned by a pie tin | 30 |
| Invention seed | 14 |
| Invention protection | 20 |
| Invention preceders | 19 |