| ARBYS | Chain whose name derives from its founders, the Raffel brothers |
| WALMART | Store whose first three letters come from its founder's name |
| REO | Car company named from its founder's monogram |
| DKNY | Fashion house whose initials come from its founder and the city it's headquartered in |
| DANDELION | With yellow flowers or downy "clocks", a plant whose name derives from its jagged leaves reminiscent of the teeth of the "king of beasts" (9) |
| BATISTE | Fine cambric whose name derives from its reputed maker or from its use in Christian immersion rituals (7) |
| AZALEA | Plant cultivated for its showy pink or purple flowers whose name derives from its ability to flouris |
| BAHA | __ Men, pop band whose name derives from its members' homeland |
| CSNY | Folk-rock quartet whose name derives from its members' last initials |
| SCOTCH | Drink whose name derives from its country of origin |
| IKEA | Store chain whose name partly comes from the initials of its founder Ingvar Kamprad |
| BOMBERJACKET | A zipped outer garment whose name derives from its first use by military pilots (6,6) |
| SALLYLUNN | A brioche-, bun- or teacake-like delicacy from Bath, whose name is said by some to derive from its original baker and others from "soleil et lune", French for "sun and moon" (5,4) |
| SEPHORA | *Cosmetics chain whose name comes from the Greek for "beauty" |
| CHINO | Fabric whose name may derive from its country of origin |
| SKA | Music genre whose name may derive from its distinctive guitar sound |
| SHERATON | Chain whose name came from a Boston hotel whose sign was too expensive to remove |
| NEPTUNE | Planet whose blue colour derives from its gaseous atmosphere of helium, hydrogen and methane (7) |
| HODADS | San Diego burger chain whose name comes from surfing slang |
| LOCO | El Pollo ___ (chain whose name means "the crazy chicken") |
