| ACCC | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (1,1,1,1) |
| FRAN | ____ McNulty: RTA agriculture and consumer affairs correspondent. (4) |
| DODD | ___-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 2010 |
| USER | Wrongly sue ring leader and consumer (4) |
| BEER | Alice ___, TV presenter and consumer journalist born in 1965 (4) |
| HEAT | Metaphorical energy brought to a sporting competition ... and a Miami-based basketball team |
| MARS | Food and consumer goods branding company based in Virginia, USA (4) |
| OFFICEOFFAIRTRADING | Consumer protection body replaced by the Competition and Markets Authority in 2014 |
| CLOSEUP | Fail in competition and refuse to talk (5,2) |
| CATCHUP | Enter horse in pet competition and stop dallying! (5,2) |
| TOURNEDOS | Cut short sporting competition and functions |
| SCRATCHING | Withdrawing from competition and just making a living (10) |
| CLOCKINGUP | Engaging in competition and achieving (8,2) |
| CLOSESUP | Suffers defeat in soccer competition and withdraws (6,2) |
| TERMS | Competition's ... and conditions |
| UNILEVER | Food and consumer goods branding company based in London and Rotterdam (8) |
| LINDSTROM | Danish author and columnist for Time magazine who has written six books on brands and consumer behaviour (9) |
| NADER | US lawyer and consumer rights advocate who ran for president in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 (5,5) |
| MIDDLEMAN | Intermediary between producer and consumer (9) |
| WORKINGLUNCH | BBC2 business and consumer show, broadcast 1994-2010 |
