| BUSINESSPLAN | A detailed outline setting out the objectives and strategy of a company and its expected profits over a set period (8,4) |
| MASTERPLAN | A detailed set of objectives and strategies for a major project (6,4) |
| CAMPBELL | Alastair _, director of communications and strategy for Prime Minister Tony Blair 2000-2003 (8) |
| EMITS | Former record company and its overlapping releases (5) |
| SCENARIO | Outline - setting for a novel (8) |
| FRONTOFFICE | Management department of a company, and a hint to the starred answers |
| GAMEPLAN | The match-day strategy of a football team; or, any carefully devised scheme or approach (4,4) |
| AUTHENTIC | Is setting out the real facts of a case, so it's genuine (9) |
| STOPLOOKANDLESSEN | Strategy of a loser? |
| QUOTATION | Statement setting out the estimated cost for a job (9) |
| ENDS | The objectives of friendship (4) |
| MAKEOVER | Exceed expected profit with a change of appearance (8) |
| DEADENDS | Late with the objectives, there'll be no way through these (4,4) |
| COREBUSINESS | Main focus of a company, and of the starts of 19-, 26- and 48-Across |
| INVESTMENT | Thing worth buying for expected profit |
| BLUEPRINT | PE built it for the Royal Navy and here's the detailed outline of (9) |
| DEBENTURE | Long-term security issued by a company and, in the UK, secured against assets, having a fixed rate of interest (9) |
| OTTO | What Ove's name was changed to for the American film adaptation of "A Man Called Ove" |
| STOPS | Gather In The ___: A trading strategy of driving down a stock's price by selling large amounts of st |
| WHATABOUTISM | Rhetorical strategy of countering an accusation with another accusation, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
