| BRANSON | British entrepreneur in a pickle, short of time (7) |
| RIMMEL | Cosmetics brand founded by a French entrepreneur in London in 1834 (6) |
| VINEGAR | Carries grapes for a rag and gets in a pickle as a result (7) |
| GHERKIN | One of 4's in a pickle? (7) |
| CHUTNEY | Leader of nationalists probing Channel close to Pevensey, in a pickle (7) |
| JANELLEMONAE | Moonlight actress who portrays a tech entrepreneur in Glass Onion: 2 wds. |
| VINTAGE | Five get in a pickle finding decent wine (7) |
| ANIMATE | Vitalise friend in a pickle first (7) |
| RAVIOLI | Partly enchanted by oil in a pickle and pasta (7) |
| NUTTREE | Lad left laundrette in a pickle with a pecan plant (3,4) |
| BOSNIAN | European snob in a pickle (7) |
| CLIVESINCLAIR | British entrepreneur and inventor who famously launched a battery electric vehicle in 1985 (5,8) |
| SINCLAIR | Sir Clive ---, British entrepreneur and inventor who famously launched a battery-powered electric vehicle in 1985 (8) |
| STEVEN | ____ Bartlett, British entrepreneur who became an investor on Dragons' Den in 2022 (6) |
| SUGAR | Entrepreneur in BBC1's The Apprentice, Lord Alan ----- (5) |
| DRAGON | Persist with entrepreneur in den (6) |
| ALANSUGAR | Entrepreneur in BBC1's The Apprentice (4,5) |
| GUMTREE | Fairy up here, unusually, in a pickle? |
| RAMESES | Old King Cole’s back in a pickle, right at the start |
| RANK | J Arthur ___, British entrepreneur who co-founded Pinewood Studios (4) |
