| THEONION | It started as a satirical newspaper in 1988 |
| LYFT | It started as a carpooler (2007) |
| NINTENDO | It started as a playing-card seller (1889) |
| AUBURN | It started as East Alabama Male College in 1856 |
| AMAZON | It started as an online bookseller; now it sells everything |
| AMOCO | It started as Standard Oil of Indiana |
| ONION | Satirical newspaper founded in 1988, with "The" |
| CARTOON | Satirical newspaper sketch it's increasingly difficult to publish without stirring sometimes violent |
| GLIDETIME | First play written by Roger Hall, a satirical look at life in a Wellington government department, made into a TV series (5,4) |
| SKIT | Word, from "dart, move rapidly, shoot", for a satirical remark or sally; a parody; a hoax or trick; or, a sudden shower of rain or sprinkling of snow (4) |
| ILLUSTRATION | A satirical one could be the death of you, as it's always drawn out (12) |
| EPIGRAM | A short poem, especially a satirical one, with a witty or ingenious ending (7) |
| PARODIED | Imitated in a satirical way (8) |
| AESOP | A show about a satirical writer |
| ASKFORIT | Invite trouble for appearing in a satirical show |
| MAD | Magazine with a satirical "fold-in" back cover |
| LAMPOONING | Taking off in a satirical way |
| MOTTO | Word that started as a mutter or a grunt and grew into a meaningful saying or proverbial pithy maxim (5) |
| RESIDENCY | Top US job never started as a live-in post |
| HARE | It might be started as a topic of conversation (4) |
