| WESTERNUNION | American business which ceased its telegram service in 2006 |
| SPARERIB | Feminist magazine founded in 1972 which ceased publishing in 1993 (5,3) |
| CITYLIMITS | London listings magazine founded in 1981 which ceased publication in 1993 (4,6) |
| YATES | Still-active seed business which opened in Auckland in 1883 (5) |
| LIVINGMARXISM | Magazine launched in 1988 which ceased publication after being sued by ITN in 2000 (6,7) |
| THELISTENER | Weekly magazine launched by the BBC in 1929 which ceased publication in 1991 (3,8) |
| TODAY | British newspaper which ceased publication in 1995 |
| OLIVETTI | Company which ceased typewriter production in 1994 |
| LISTENER | The ___, BBC magazine which ceased publication in 1991 (8) |
| FARTHING | British bronze coin which ceased to be legal tender in 1961 (8) |
| SOMERFIELD | UK supermarket chain, once called Gateway, which ceased trading in 2011 |
| USSR | Former superpower which ceased to exist in 1991 (1,1,1,1) |
| ESTATEAGENCY | Business which deals in property (6,6) |
| YAHOO | Internet business which was big in the 1990s and early 2000s (5) |
| GUILDER | Former unit of currency of the Netherlands which ceased to be legal tender in 2002 (7) |
| READERSDIGEST | Monthly US general-interest family magazine, the UK edition of which ceased publication in April after 86 years (7,6) |
| CHELSEA | Name popularly used for a business which has operated a refinery in Birkenhead, Auckland since 1884 (7) |
| SPA | A business which offers health and beauty treatments |
| AIRLINE | Transport business which preoccupies a balding EastEnder? (7) |
| BELLYUP | A business which has failed is said to have gone ___ ___ (5,2) |
