| 100% | WHEATSTONE | 10 | Charles —, 19th-century inventor of the English concertina and the Playfair cipher |
| 41% | ROSSETTI | 8 | Christina —, 19th-century English poet whose works include Remember and The Lambs of Grasmere |
| 39% | SAND | 4 | George —, 19th-century authoress of the novels Indiana and Consuelo |
| 39% | MOON | 4 | William —, 19th-century inventor of a writing system for the blind |
| 38% | SKA | 3 | Music genre of the English Beat and the Specials |
| 37% | ENO | 3 | William Phelps ___, inventor of the stop sign and the crosswalk |
| 37% | SINGSPIEL | 9 | Type of German light opera with spoken dialogue popular during the 18th and 19th centuries |
| 36% | INDEPENDENCE | 12 | City in Missouri, US; point of departure of the California, Oregon and Santa Fe Trails in the 19th century |
| 36% | PYM | 3 | John —, English statesman and opponent of Charles I who helped draft and first proposed the Grand Remonstrance |
| 36% | LAYAMON | 7 | 12th-century English poet and author of The Brut |
| 36% | CHINESE | 7 | Inventors of the compass and movable type |
| 35% | ARNOLD | 6 | Matthew —, 19th-century author of poems The Forsaken Merman and Dover Beach |
| 35% | BOER | 4 | Dutch word for farmer that was applied to European settlers of South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries |
| 35% | JOHNKAY | 7 | English inventor of the flying shuttle for looms |
| 35% | EDISON | 6 | Inventor of the phonograph and the light bulb |
| 35% | DELESSEPS | 9 | Ferdinand —, 19th-century French diplomat and developer of the Suez Canal |
| 35% | SAMUELCOLT | 10 | American weaponry inventor of the nineteenth century |
| 35% | VICTORIA | 8 | 19th century queen, the "Grandmother of Europe" |
| 35% | WHITTLE | 7 | Frank, English inventor of the jet engine |
| 34% | BRONTE | 6 | Anne ___, 19th century English novelist known for "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" |
| 34% | COUSTEAU | 8 | Jacques, scientist and inventor of the Aqua-Lung |
| 34% | IBM | 3 | Hardware producer and inventor of the ATM: Abbr. |
| 34% | EDISON | 6 | US inventor of the phonograph and light bulb |
| 34% | BABBAGE | 7 | English father of the computer, Charles __ |
| 34% | CONTE | 5 | Nicolas-Jacques —, inventor of the modern pencil and a hard type of crayon |
| 34% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Notable invention from the 19th century, that brought steady light to households, and stands as a symbol of an idea: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PERRAULT | 8 | Charles —, French author of fairy tales Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty |
| 34% | WHITTLE | 7 | Frank ---, English inventor of the jet engine for aircraft |