| RECOGNISE | Identify new CEO and resign (9) |
| STANDDOWN | Tolerate feathers and resign (5,4) |
| ABDICATES | A bishop announces 'time has elapsed' and resigns (9) |
| MARC | Tim Horton's new CEO, first name |
| RECENT | New CEO greatly involved in disunity (6) |
| MANAGINGDIRECTOR | CEO and staff getting on with plain-spoken men |
| LAREID | Epic Records CEO and icon |
| WORNER | Ex-Seven CEO and Swans board member, Tim ... (6) |
| TITLES | CEO and President |
| ANNE | 23andMe CEO and Co-founder Wojcicki |
| DOLL | Govia Thameslink Railway chief operating officer who will shortly become the new CEO (5, 4) |
| ABDICATE | Detectives to return in temper and resign |
| STEPDOWN | Get off one's soap-box and resign |
| ACQUIT | Release a cheat, initially, and resign (6) |
| GIVEONESNOTICE | Grant nose operation, see, and resign |
| TIMED | Synchronized to come back and resign (5) |
| ELONMUSK | South African-born entrepreneur; the founder, CEO and Chief Engineer at Spacex (4,4) |
| AINSLIE | Ben ___, English sailor, winner of four Olympic gold medals, who is Team Principal, CEO and Skipper of INEOS Britannia |
| MICHELLEMONE | Scottish businesswoman, CEO and one-time celebrity jungle inhabitant (8,4) |
| CHESSMASTER | Clock-puncher who might achieve a promotion and resign in the same day |
