| HEFNER | Hugh -, publisher who launched Playboy magazine in 1953 (6) |
| LAUDER | US businesswoman and cosmetician who launched her first scent in 1953 (6) |
| HEARST | William Randolph ?, San Francisco-born publisher who died in 1951 (6) |
| HAMLYN | Paul, British publisher who founded Books for Pleasure in 1949 (6) |
| CALLIL | Carmen, late Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973 (6) |
| WISDEN | John ---, English cricketer who launched his Cricketers' Almanack in 1864 (6) |
| PACKER | Kerry -, Australian media mogul who launched World Series Cricket in 1977 (6) |
| FARAGE | Nigel, former UKIP leader who launched the Brexit Party in 2019 (6) |
| STELLA | ____ McCartney, British fashion designer who launched her own fashion house in 2001 (6) |
| CHATTO | Andrew, English publisher who formed a book publishing company with poet W.E. Windus in 1873 (6) |
| PUTNAM | George P. ---, US publisher who was the widower of Amelia Earhart (6) |
| HITLER | Dictator who launched the Volkswagen in 1936, Adolf ... |
| JOSEPH | Hungarian-born US newspaper publisher who established prizes that bear his name (6,8) |
| CAXTON | Publisher who introduced the printing press to England |
| MERVYN | American film director and producer who launched the careers of Clark Gable, Audrey Hepburn and Sophia Loren, among others (6,5) |
| WATSON | Psychologist who launched behaviorism |
| HUGH | Playboy magazine was first published in December 1953 by ... Hefner |
| ROMEO | Playboy magazine's limits pushed in top cover without female (5) |
| PINUP | Tear-out from a Playboy magazine |
| BRANSON | Virgin Group founder who launched his career in 1968 with Student magazine (7) |
