Answer:

OTIS

Answer	Crossword Clue
OTIS	Big name in elevators
OTIS	Elevator innovator
OTIS	Mayberry jail habitue

OTIS	Mayberry jail regular
OTIS	Singer Redding
OTIS	"Miss ... Regrets"
OTIS	American soul singer Redding
OTIS	Andy Griffith show's drunk
OTIS	Elevator pioneer Elisha
OTIS	.. Redding
OTIS	Soul-singer Redding

OTIS	Uplifting inventor
OTIS	Elevator inventor
OTIS	"Respect" singer Redding
OTIS	Williams who co-founded and still performs with the Temptations
OTIS	Elevator name
OTIS	Elevator man
OTIS	One of the Temptations
OTIS	He was tired of taking the stairs

OTIS	Inventor of the first passenger elevator
OTIS	Soul man Redding
OTIS	Cornelia .. Skinner
OTIS	Elevator pioneer
OTIS	Groucho's Driftwood
OTIS	Uplifting name?
OTIS	Spann the bluesman
OTIS	Redding the soul man

OTIS	Lex Luthor's sidekick
OTIS	Cole Porter's regretful miss
OTIS	Mayberry tippler
OTIS	Pug pal of Milo
OTIS	Vertical-thinking inventor
OTIS	Bluesman Johnny
OTIS	Elevator handle?
OTIS	Lex Luthor henchman

OTIS	Supermodel Carre
OTIS	Elevating name
OTIS	Milo's film pal
OTIS	Rush or Redding
OTIS	Poet Mercy ... Warren