Answer:

EDISON

AnswerCrossword Clue
EDISONPhonograph inventor
EDISONLight heavyweight?
EDISONHolder of 1,097 patents
EDISONTesla's onetime boss
EDISONThe Wizard of Menlo Park
EDISONMenlo Park resident
EDISONKinetoscope inventor
EDISONUniversal Stock Printer inventor
EDISONInventor with 1,000 patents
EDISONAcquirer of over 1,000 patents
EDISONMenlo Park "wizard"
EDISONEponymous New Jersey township
EDISONHis first patent was for an electric vote recorder
EDISONMenlo Park notable
EDISONOhio-born acquirer of well over 1,000 patents
EDISONInventing "wizard"
EDISONInventing immortal
EDISON"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work" speaker
EDISONInventor friend of Henry Ford
EDISONRival of Tesla
EDISON"The Wizard of Menlo Park"
EDISONMan with a bright idea?
EDISONCofounder of GE
EDISONHe patented the microphone
EDISONMenlo Park name
EDISONInventor who said "There is no substitute for hard work"
EDISONWizard of Menlo Park
EDISONTom played by Mickey Rooney
EDISONMenlo Park's township
EDISONProlific inventor
EDISONAcquirer of more than 1,000 patents
EDISONNational Inventors' Day is observed on his birthday
EDISONNew Jersey township named for an inventor
EDISONNew Jersey township with the motto "Let There Be Light"
EDISONStock-ticker mastermind
EDISONMenlo Park VIP
EDISONMicrophone inventor
EDISONStock-ticker inventor
EDISONLight-bulb inventor
EDISONHis birthday is National Inventors' Day