| ALANSUGAR | British businessman (4)(5) |
| ROOTS | Jamaican-British businessman and celebrity chef, Levi _ (5) |
| DAVID | First name of Liberal Democrat peer, Baron Alliance, an Iranian-British businessman; he has a home in Didsbury, and the Manchester Business School has now been renamed in his honour (5) |
| VIDAL | ___ Sassoon, British businessman who rose from poverty to own a worldwide chain of hair salons (5) |
| PETERJONES | British businessman and Dragons' Den investor (5,5) |
| SPIV | Shady businessman (4) |
| VERB | Part of speech used by clever businessman (4) |
| MUSK | Elon ___, businessman (4) |
| HART | Graeme ..., wealthy businessman (4) |
| ASHLEY | Has meekly compromised over current British businessman (4,6) |
| MIKE | Has meekly compromised over current British businessman (4,6) |
| COOK | Thomas ---, British businessman who founded a travel agency in the 19th Century (4) |
| BRANSON | British businessman in a pickle, short of time |
| BURTON | Montague, Lithuanian-born British businessman who founded a menswear chain (6) |
| NECKER | Caribbean island owned by British businessman Richard Branson (6) |
| STOBART | Eddie, British businessman who began a haulage firm in 1970 (7) |
| LYNCH | Mike _, late British technology entrepreneur and businessman (5) |
| PETER | Rocket scientist and businessman (5,4) |
| TRUMP | Best businessman in America (5) |
| NABOB | Rich, powerful businessman (5) |
