| 100% | PULLEYS | 7 | Rope mechanisms invented by Archimedes |
| 35% | MECHANICS | 9 | Science founded by Archimedes |
| 35% | SKEET | 5 | Sport invented by hunters |
| 35% | SOLARCELL | 9 | Invented by the Bell Labs in 1954 |
| 35% | GUNPOWDER | 9 | Invented by the Chinese, used in munitions |
| 35% | EPODE | 5 | Verse form invented by Archilochus |
| 35% | BAROMETER | 9 | Weather instrument invented by Torricelli |
| 35% | AQUALUNG | 8 | Scuba equipment invented by Cousteau |
| 35% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Illuminator invented by Thomas Edison |
| 35% | DYNAMITE | 8 | Explosive invented by Alfred Nobel |
| 35% | BARBIE | 6 | Doll invented by Ruth Handler |
| 35% | PIANOS | 6 | Instruments invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori |
| 34% | SICILIAN | 8 | Archimedes, by birth |
| 34% | COLOSSUS | 8 | First computer, invented by Tommy Flowers |
| 34% | ROLLER | 6 | Skates invented by Belgian Joseph Merlin |
| 34% | BASKETBALL | 10 | Team sport invented by 33-Across |
| 34% | KEVLAR | 6 | Extremely strong plastic invented by Kwolek |
| 34% | PARKAS | 6 | Hooded coats invented by the Inuit |
| 34% | JULIAN | 6 | __ Calendar; dating system invented by Caesar |
| 34% | PENDULUM | 8 | Swinging clock invented by Christiaan Huygens |
| 34% | TELEPHONE | 9 | Device invented by Alexander Graham Bell |
| 34% | CRONUT | 6 | Hybrid pastry invented by Dominique Ansel |
| 34% | HOLLOW | 6 | __ Flashlight; invented by Canadian Ann Makosinski |
| 34% | HTML | 4 | Language invented by Tim Berners-Lee |
| 34% | KEVLAR | 6 | Bulletproof material invented by Stephanie Kwolek |
| 34% | LINOLEUM | 8 | Floor covering invented by Frederick Walton |
| 34% | BLOOMERS | 8 | Trouser-like undergarments invented by Amelia |
| 34% | SPRAY | 5 | ___ paint, first invented by Ed Seymour |
| 34% | INTERNAL | 8 | __ combustion engine; invented by Étienne Lenoir |
| 34% | RUBBER | 6 | Vulcanized __, invented by Goodyear for strength |