| NESTLE | Food company that owns Carnation and Stouffer's |
| KRAFT | Food company that merged with Heinz in 2015 |
| FRITOLAY | Snack food company that makes Ruffles: Hyph. |
| LEANCUISINE | Sister brand of Stouffer's |
| SPAIN | Country with national symbols including a bull and red carnation and regional specialities such as tapas and paella (5) |
| JANUARY | With a "wolf" full moon and symbols including garnet, carnation and snowdrop, month named after a god of doorways whose two faces look to the past and the future (7) |
| PINK | Call of a chaffinch; a clove-scented flower related to sweet william, carnation and red campion; or, the colour of the Leander Club's hippopotamus logo (4) |
| DIANTHUS | Genus of Eurasian plants that includes the carnations and pinks (8) |
| PINKS | Carnations and sweet williams, e.g. |
| LILY | One of the trumpet-shaped flowers blooming with carnations and roses in a famous painting by Sargent (4) |
| SARALEE | Company that owns the brands Playtex, Kiwi and Hillshire Farm |
| DISNEY | Company that owns Spider-Man and Darth Vader |
| LOREAL | Beauty company that owns Maybelline and Urban Decay |
| GAP | Clothing company that owns Old Navy and Athleta |
| MATTEL | Company that owns Barbie and Hot Wheels |
| BMW | German company that owns Mini and Rolls-Royce |
| PINNACLEFOODS | Company that owns Log Cabin, Vlasic and Mrs. Paul's |
| PEPSI | Soft drink company that owns Gatorade and Mountain Dew |
| NAST | Conde ___: media company that owns The New Yorker, Vogue and WIRED |
| META | Technology company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp (4) |
