Across
- 3. — Same inventor; strong crossword word
- 5. — Lonnie Johnson (Super Soaker inventor)
- 6. — James West (microphone technology)
- 8. — “The real McCoy” inventor
- 9. — Sarah Boone (ironing board improvement)
- 11. — Norbert Rillieux (sugar refining process)
- 12. — Same inventor; useful crossing word
- 13. — Garrett Morgan (traffic signal, gas mask)
- 15. — George Washington Carver (agricultural inventions)
Down
- 1. — William Purvis (fountain pen advancement)
- 2. — Charles Drew (blood banking pioneer)
- 4. — Lewis Latimer (light bulb filament improvements)
- 5. — Also crosses well
- 7. — Philip Downing (mailbox invention)
- 10. track star Jesse OWENS
- 14. — Elijah McCoy (lubrication system)