| MINTON | English potter who founded a company noted for its blue and white chinoiserie Willow pattern (6) |
| CRAYFORD | Kent engineering company noted for its Mini convertible conversions (8) |
| JOSIAH | ___ Spode, English potter who invented the modern formulation of bone china (6) |
| CARTE | D'Oyly --, opera company noted for presenting the works of Gilbert and Sullivan (5) |
| DELFT | Dutch city noted for its blue-and white tin-glazed earthenware (5) |
| LEACH | Potter who founded with Shoji Hamada a studio in St Ives that celebrated its centenary last year (5) |
| ASTBURY | John, English potter who died in 1743 (7) |
| SPODE | Josiah, English potter who died in 1827 (5) |
| LEYLAND | UK automobile company, noted mainly for buses and trucks, active from 1896 and through linked companies to the present day, though the name is little mentioned nowadays after much company take-over an |
| GREECE | Country known for its blue and white flag, with a white cross on a blue background in the top left corner, and nine alternating stripes of blue and white |
| NESTLE | Henri _ _ _ _ _ _, GermanSwiss confectioner born in 1814 who founded a company producing formula milk (6) |
| SUZUKI | Michio, Japanese inventor who founded a company in 1909 that later produced cars (6) |
| JEREMY | ____ Fisher, frog created by children's author Beatrix Potter who has a lily-pad boat (6) |
| LOUISE | Glacial lake known for its blue water in the Banff national park, Canada (6) |
| MUGGLE | One in Harry Potter who lacks any sort of magical ability (6) |
| PURPLE | It's blue, and read noisily (6) |
| CUEIST | Non-British artist embracing English potter? (6) |
| MING | Chinese dynasty known for its blue-and-white porcelain |
| STANNARD | Norwich School artist who painted Still Life, Pelargoniums, Duchess Pears with Black Grapes in a Basket and Still Life of Raspberries in a Willow Pattern Bowl with Cherries and Bindweed (8) |
| MATTHEWS | Bernard, English businessman born in 1930 who founded a company selling turkey meat products (8) |
