| HEINZ | Henry J. ---, American entrepreneur who founded a condiments business in the 19th Century (5) |
| AVIS | American entrepreneur who founded a rental car company in 1946 (4) |
| BEZOS | American entrepreneur who founded Amazon in 1994 (4,5) |
| HEIMLICH | Henry J -, American surgeon after whom a manoeuvre for dislodging a foreign body in a person's windpipe is named |
| OPEL | Adam, German entrepreneur who founded a car company (4) |
| JEFF | American entrepreneur who founded Amazon in 1994 (4,5) |
| OMIDYAR | French-Iranian American entrepreneur who founded the e-Bay auction site (7) |
| SUGAR | Alan -; entrepreneur who founded Amstrad in 1968 (5) |
| DENON | Japanese electronics company started by American entrepreneur Frederick Whitney Horn in 1910 |
| GATES | Entrepreneur who founded Microsoft (4,5) |
| RYDER | Grandson of Alf Stewart running a food business in the Bay (5) |
| TRADE | Business in the centre of Monterey is excellent for surfers (5) |
| CAIRO | Small business in the air near where the Sphinx is |
| IDEAL | I do business in the best possible way (5) |
| SWELL | Expand business in the east successfully |
| BAKEDBEANS | Food introduced throughout the UK in 1901 by entrepreneur Henry J. Heinz (5,5) |
| REED | ___ Hastings American entrepreneur who is the co-founder of Netflix |
| GEORGEEASTMAN | American entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Kodak company and popularised the use of roll film (6,7) |
| EASTMAN | George ---, American entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Kodak company and popularised the use of roll film (7) |
| OROURKE | P. J. ---, American satirist, author of 1988 book Holidays In Hell, who died in February (7) |
