| AUDITED | Examined a company's accounts |
| AUDIT | The examination of a company's accounts (5) |
| THEBOTTOMLINE | Informal term for a final total in a company's account or balance sheet (3,6,4) |
| CASED | Examined a property with a view to burglary (coll) (5) |
| TESTED | Examined a la Consumer Reports |
| SURVEYED | Examined (a building) |
| SPOTCHECKED | Randomly examined a case of acne? (4,7) |
| APU | "The Problem With ___" (Hari Kondabolu film that examined a "Simpsons" character) |
| DIRECTOR | A member of a company's board; or, a film-maker who manages the creative aspects of a movie (8) |
| TURNOVER | A triangular typically apple-filled pastry; an old word for a small shawl; a company's gross revenue; or, a front-page article, continued overleaf (4,4) |
| STOCK | A company's capital, divisible into shares; a supply of something for future use; or, a farm's animals (5) |
| RESERVE | In finance, a portion of a company's profits added to its capital rather than paid as a dividend (7) |
| CORPORATERAIDER | One buying a large proportion of a company's shares so as to influence management policy (9,6) |
| SHARE | Any of the equal parts into which a company's capital stock is divided, entitling the holder to a proportion of its profits (5) |
| CONTROLLINGINTEREST | Holding of a majority of a company's stock |
| UNITCOST | A company's fixed or variable expenditure incurred to produce one of a commodity or service (4,4) |
| ACCOUNTS | The statement of a company's pecuniary affairs; or, the department that prepares such a report (8) |
| INTERIM | ____ accounts, those published during a company's financial year (7) |
| SHAREHOLDER | Person who owns a portion of a company's profits (11) |
| IPO | Launch of a company's shares on a stock exchange, for short |
