| BICC | Former construction company, now part of Balfour Beatty (4) |
| WMC | Hugh Morgan's mining company, now part of BHP (1,1,1) |
| TNT | ___ Express, shipping company now part of FedEx (3) |
| ESSO | Standard Oil company now trading in some states solely. (4) |
| LEGO | Small construction company? |
| INCO | Sudbury's famous company now known as Vale |
| IKEA | Swedish company now headquartered in the Netherlands |
| JODI | - Balfour, Ted Lasso actress (4) |
| ERIC | Balfour of "Haven" |
| ISNT | Balfour, no effin' joke, ain't Geordie royalty, according to Thatcher's 1 (6,4,7) |
| SIRE | Record label, now part of the Warner Music Group, which launched the careers of the Ramones and Madonna (4) |
| ALBI | In which French town is the Sainte-Cecile Cathedral, built as a statement of Christian faith after the Cathar heresy and now part of a world heritage precinct? (4) |
| ADEN | Former colony now part of Yemen |
| OVEN | Stove now part of cooker (4) |
| SALE | Town once in Cheshire but now part of Greater Manchester (4) |
| OPEL | German car marque that's now part of the European arm of General Motors |
| IFNI | Ex-Spanish province, now part of Morocco |
| IRAQ | Mesopotamia's now part of it |
| GALT | City now part of Cambridge, Ontario |
| SKANSKA | Construction company - part of the Costain STRABAG joint venture on H52 (7) |
