| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| NECESSITY | Invention s mother |
| IDEA | Mother of invention |
| AESOP | "Mother of invention" source |
| NECESSITY | The mother of invention |
| PHONED | Used A.G.B.'s invention |
| famish | suffer for lack of something necessary a moment when French poetry in particular was famishing for such invention T. S. Eliot |
