| JOHNPILLSBURY | Minnesota's eighth governor (1876-82), whose surname you know because he co-founded a grainprocessing business that's still headquartered in Minneapolis |
| NORTH | Frederick ___, British Conservative prime minister from 1770-82 whose policies contributed to the loss of the American colonies (5) |
| KRSONE | Sublime "And I know because of ___" (hyph) |
| MYGOOSEISCOOKED | "___; I know because I baked this bird for dinner" |
| LEAD | Chemical element 82, whose principal ore is galena (4) |
| ALLEN | He co-founded Microsoft with Gates |
| LUCAS | He co-founded the film studio American Zoetrope with Coppola |
| MARSH | Jem, he co-founded sports car manufacturer, Marcos (5) |
| PAULALLEN | He co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates |
| CESAR | He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association with Dolores |
| HAWKER | Harry ___, Australian aviation pioneer who co-founded a firm that built a long series of successful military aircraft |
| ANDREMICHELIN | Industrialist who co-founded a tyre company and published a tour guide (5,8) |
| DRBOB | Physician who co-founded A.A., familiarly |
| CHEVROLET | Louis ?, Swiss racing driver who co-founded a motor car company in Detroit, US, in 1911 |
| SEARS | Richard Warren ---, American businessman who co-founded a famous chain of department stores (5) |
| LAUDER | Estee ****** , businesswoman born in 1908 who co-founded a cosmetics company (6) |
| ROYCE | Henry, English engineer who co-founded a famous motor car company (5) |
| MAYER | Louis B. ---, Russianborn US film producer who co-founded a film studio in 1924 (5) |
| HYATT | ____ von Dehn, U.S. businessman who co-founded a hotel chain in the 1950s (5) |
| CHOO | Malaysian footwear designer who co-founded a fashion house specialising in shoes (4) |
