| PETERJONES | Entrepreneur and longest serving Dragon on Dragons' Den (5,5) |
| DEBORAH | ___ Meaden, long-serving Dragon in the Den (7) |
| DEBORAHMEADEN | Long-serving Dragons' Den investor (7,6) |
| MEADEN | See picture clue: Dragon on Dragons' Den, Deborah ------ (6) |
| KELLY | _ Hoppen, former Dragon on Dragons' Den (5) |
| PAPHITIS | Theo _, former Dragon on Dragon's Den (8) |
| DAVIES | County Durham- born Dragon on Dragons' Den (4,6) |
| HMCSORIOLE | Royal Canadian Navy's oldest and longest serving ship, _ _ _ _ ___ |
| INVESTMENT | What entrepreneurs are looking to secure by going on Dragons' Den (10) |
| IMPRESARIO | Theatrical entrepreneur and I confounded Paris and Rome |
| SARA | And 63 Down County Durham- born Dragon on Dragons' Den (4,6) |
| NIGHTENGALE | Annie ---, Radio 1's first female presenter and longest-serving DJ (11) |
| WILLIAM | Black-eyed Peas member and longest-serving Voice UK judge (4.1.2) |
| KEN | _ Barlow, Corrie legend and longest-serving soap character ever (3) |
| ALEXANDERGIBSON | Knighted and longest-serving conductor of the Scottish National Orchestra (9,6) |
| STEVEN | ____ Bartlett, British entrepreneur who became an investor on Dragons' Den in 2022 (6) |
| LEVI | _ Roots, reggae musician and chef discovered on Dragons' Den (4) |
| KEKKONEN | Urho ___, eighth and longest- serving President of Finland, in office from 1956 to 1981 (8) |
| DUNCANBANNATYNE | Scottish regular on Dragons' Den, 2005-2015 |
| SHARKTANK | Reality show based on "Dragons' Den" |