| CLAUDE | _ Littner, Lord Sugar's aide on The Apprentice (6) |
| KARREN | Lord Alan Sugar's aide on The Apprentice, ------ Brady (6) |
| BRADY | Lord Alan Sugar's aide on The Apprentice, Karren ----- (5) |
| FIRING | Having a shot at host Lord Sugar's regular activity on The Apprentice? (6) |
| KARRENBRADY | Former Birmingham City managing director who found television fame as an aide on the BBC’s The Apprentice |
| LEO | The President's top aide on The West Wing |
| NICK | ___ Hewer, Lord Sugar's sidekick on The Apprentice (4) |
| ALAN | The Apprentice hirer Lord Sugar's first name (4) |
| ARNIE | The Donald's replacement on "The Apprentice" |
| SIRALANSUGAR | Multi-millionaire businessman who does the firing on The Apprentice (3,4,5) |
| ALANSUGAR | Businessman who does the hiring and firing on The Apprentice (4,5) |
| SUGAR | Lord Alan _, boss on The Apprentice (5) |
| HEWER | Nick ?, former advisor to Lord Sugar on BBC TV series The Apprentice; presenter of Channel 4 game show Countdown (5) |
| GARY | Selina's personal aide on "Veep" |
| FRANCOISHOLLANDE | Former politician's aide on call for NHS treatment |
| DEVIATION | Aide on TV I suspect revealing anomaly (9) |
| ALANA | Lord Sugar's Apprentice from 2016, _ Spencer (5) |
| FIRED | "You're ___" (Donald Trump's catchphrase on "The Apprentice") |
| ROMESHRANGANATHAN | Stand-up comedian, a regular panellist on The Apprentice: You're Fired! |
| LUISA | _ Zissman, found fame on The Apprentice (5) |
