| 100% | ELIASHOWE | 9 | Inventor of the modern sewing machine: 2 wds. |
| 57% | NIKOLATESLA | 11 | Inventor of the alternating-current motor: 2 wds. |
| 57% | SAMUELMORSE | 11 | Inventor of the single-wire telegraph: 2 wds. |
| 57% | WHOISHOWE | 9 | … Inventor of the sewing machine |
| 57% | THOMASEDISON | 12 | Inventor of the phonograph: 2 wds. |
| 57% | JOHNDEERE | 9 | Inventor of the steel plow: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ELIASHOWE | 9 | US inventor of the sewing machine |
| 52% | GRAHAMBELL | 10 | Inventor of the telephone Alexander, who had a love-hate relationship with mathematics: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ELIAS | 5 | Inventor Howe of the sewing machine |
| 47% | LINUSYALE | 9 | American inventor of the modern pin-tumbler lock |
| 46% | MEIKLE | 6 | Andrew __; inventor of the threshing machine |
| 45% | DOCBROWN | 8 | Inventor of the Back to the Future time machine |
| 44% | CONTE | 5 | Nicolas-Jacques —, inventor of the modern pencil and a hard type of crayon |
| 44% | JAMESWATT | 9 | Inventor of an improved steam engine: 2 wds. |
| 43% | FRANCISCRICK | 12 | Codiscoverer of the structure of DNA: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JAMESWATSON | 11 | Codiscoverer of the structure of DNA: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ANNARBOR | 8 | Home of the University of Michigan: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PLATFORMSHOES | 13 | Height-enhancing footwear of the 1970s: 2 wds. |
| 43% | UPTO | 4 | ___ speed (informed of the latest news): 2 wds. |
| 43% | CHRISSIEHYNDE | 13 | Female lead singer of the Pretenders: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ASIGN | 5 | "It's ____ of the times" (hint): 2 wds. |
| 43% | GOTUP | 5 | Hopped out of the bed, say: 2 wds. |
| 43% | LAVALAMP | 8 | Psychedelic light source of the 1960s: 2 wds. |
| 43% | RARA | 4 | "___ Rasputin, lover of the..." (song lyric): 2 wds. |
| 43% | INCAGES | 7 | "Birds ___ dream of the open skies.": 2 wds. |
| 43% | COLORTV | 7 | Home-entertainment debut of the 1950s: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ASIGN | 5 | "It's ___ of the times." (indication): 2 wds. |
| 43% | JANETYELLEN | 11 | Current US Secretary of the Treasury: 2 wds. |
| 43% | LAVALAMP | 8 | Trippy light fixture of the 1960s: 2 wds. |
| 43% | GEORGESBIZET | 12 | French composer of the opera "Carmen": 2 wds. |