| GOODRICH | Guy who started a big company, but it had nothing to do with coffee |
| AC | Rockers ___/DC started a large tour (2) |
| IMPROMPTU | Ad-lib coming from pump room, it had nothing removed (9) |
| NIL | When I left it had nothing (3) |
| ATALLCOSTS | A big company starts to sell their soul, whatever the consequences |
| CORPORATE | Commons' lead operator, oddly associated with a big company (9) |
| WARM | It was a pleasant temperature when we left West Ashton, but it had started raining on our arrival at Monmouth (4) |
| TERMINATE | Spend some time in a vacant theatre, but it had to end (9) |
| MAE | West who wrote "Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It" |
| ORCHESTRA | A sore in the chart to form a large company of musicians (9) |
| IPO | Big moment for a big company, for short |
| BRANCH | Part of a big company or a tree |
| ATALL | A big company, Streets, downsized regardless of the consequences (2,3,5) |
| COSTS | A big company, Streets, downsized regardless of the consequences (2,3,5) |
| CONCEAL | Free-lance with the above company, but make a secret of it (7) |
| SPARKLED | A sudden flash was directed away, but it had glittered (8) |
| NECESSARYEVIL | Increases levy unfortunately, but it had to be done (9,4) |
| DONTLOOKATME | "I had nothing to do with it!" . . . or how to make sense of twelve of this puzzle's clues |
| COLINPOWELL | He surely had nothing to do with Bush appointing his son to head the FCC |
| OUTRAGEOUS | Our guest had nothing to do with a monstrous outcome (10) |
