See Seattle - Seattle Rules Crossword Puzzle Solution

2		High button shoes. John W. Nordstrom established his business in 1901 selling high-fashioned shoes.
6		10-4 good buddy! PACCAR is a leading worldwide manufacturer of light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt, DAF, Leyland and Foden nameplates. Fabricated the steel for the construction of the Space Needle.
9		First name of legendary outdoorsman. Eddie Bauer is the original khaki-and-flannel purveyor.
10		Bill & Melinda + Warren. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private grant-making foundation in the world. It seeks to improve people’s lives through long-term impacts in global health, education and access to technology by extending the benefits of modern science and technology to people around the world, especially where poverty serves as an obstacle to participating in these benefits.
12		Cyberspace bookstore. Amazon pioneered online retail sales.
13		Brownie Points. This company left Seattle many years ago but is still part of its legacy. UPS - United Parcel Service is the world's largest package-delivery company. Technically UPS, now headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, does not belong in this puzzle. However, it was founded on August 28, 1907 in Seattle's Pioneer Square on the site of today's Waterfall Garden Park. Just couldn't resist giving the "brownies" a salute.
14		Siren logo. The Starbucks logo is a siren distinguished from your run-of-the-mill mermaids by her two fish tales!
20		Huskies mascot nickname. The University of Washington (U-Dub) is a top recipient of federal research funding. Go Dawgs!
21		Stunt scholars! (acronym) The United Stuntmen's Association International Stunt School is where Hollywood gets most of their stunt doubles.

1		Move it! Expeditors International is a major global logistics provider of air and sea freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and distribution services.
3		McCoy media. RealNetworks pioneered streaming audio and video media for the Internet.
4		Albuquerque genesis. Bill Gates and Paul Allen hatched Microsoft in Albuquerque, NM and 4 years later in 1979 moved the company to the Seattle area.
5		Definitely not pulp fiction. Weyerhaeuser is the world's largest private timberland owner with 5.3 million acres in the US.
7		Outdoor gear. REI, outfitter of mountain climbers et al., is the largest retail cooperative in the US.
8		Home run for cancer research! Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is a world leader in research to understand, treat and prevent cancer, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. It was founded by Dr. William Hutchinson in honor of his brother, Fred, a former major league baseball player and manager, who died of lung cancer at age 45.
11		No loan sharks here. WaMu - Washington Mutual, Inc. is the largest largest savings and loan association in the US.
15		It's a Bird? It's a Plane? It's Sup....er, it's an Eskimo in the sky! Alaska Airlines sports depictions of things Alaskan on the rudders of their planes.
16		"Will the last person leaving Seattle turn out the lights?" This company moved its corporate headquarters to Chicago on 9-4-01. Two local wags (real estate agents Bob McDonald and Jim Youngren) spent $160 to put this message on a billboard on state Route 99 near Sea-Tac Airport on April 1, 1971 during the time of the Boeing bust in of March 24, 1971. 7,000 blue and white collar workers lost their jobs on this faithful day when the federal government decided not to award a contract to the company to build the SST - Supersonic Transport - an airplane which was never built.
17		Calling all warehouse shoppers! Costco is the nation's largest membership-based retail warehouse.
18		Safe at home! Safeco is a national leader in selling insurance and financial products through independent agents. Safeco Field with its retractable-roof stadium is home to the Seattle Mariners.
19		Way faster than HAL 9000! Cray Inc., formed from the merger of Tera Computer and Cray Research is the global supercomputing leader.

Airborne Express - Ranks #3 in US airfreight shipping by volume, behind FedEx and UPS.
Attachmate - The largest privately held software company in the world and a leading supplier of enterprise information access and management software and services worldwide.
Carrix - The world's largest privately held marine and rail terminal operator.
Cascade Designs - Popular Therm-a-Rest mattress and other outdoor gear.
Classmates.com - Rediscover the people, places, and pop culture of your youth.
Coinstar - Coinstar owns and operates some 9,300 automated freestanding machines located primarily in supermarkets throughout the US and Canada that count coin deposits and return vouchers redeemable for cash or purchases.
Corbis - The leading provider of photography and fine art on the Internet. Corbis is home to 65 million of the world's most significant images, with more than 2.1 million available online.
Cutter & Buck - Golfers everywhere love this wholesaler's leisurewear.
drugstore.com - This online retailer sells name-brand and private-label health and beauty products and prescription drugs.
EDEN Bioscience - This corporation is in the business of helping growers produce crops more safely and efficiently by developing the crop production tools that benefit growers, consumers and the environment.
Esterline Technologies - This corporation is a specialized manufacturing company principally serving aerospace and defense markets and electronic equipment manufacturers.
Expedia.com - Expedite your vacation plans by first traveling online.
F5 Networks - Think of F5 Networks as a traffic cop that keeps Internet users and information technology managers, such as Ask Jeeves, Wal-Mart, and Microsoft from using the F-word.
Filson - Outdoor enthusiasts rely on this manufacturer's clothing originally created to meet the rugged challenges of the 1897 Alaska-Klondike Gold Rush.
Getty Images - The leading supplier of stock images for business and consumers has an archive of 70 million still images and illustrations and more than 30,000 hours of stock film footage.
InfoSpace - Supplying online content to more than 100 customers (including America Online and Microsoft), the company is best known for its national Yellow Pages and White Pages directories as well as maps, classified ads, news, stock quotes, and TV listings.
Onvia - Onvia helps businesses win government contracts and government agencies find suppliers through Web technology.
Pilchuck Glass School - Founded by world renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly, Pilchuck is the world's largest and most comprehensive center for artists who work with glass.
Pioneer Human Services - A nationally acclaimed nonprofit group that provides employment, job-training, counseling and subsidized housing and schooling for ex-convicts and people recovering from addictions.
Plum Creek Timber - The second largest private timberland owner in the United States, with 7.8 million acres located in the Northwestern, Southern, and Northeastern regions of the country.
Point B Solutions Group - Leading high technology consulting firm for today's networked organizations.
Seattle Symphony - Leading recording symphony that calls Beneroya Hall home.
SubPop - Record label favored by independent artists and is well known in Europe.
Uwajimaya Village - The largest Asian food, book and gift store in the Pacific Northwest combined with an on-site apartment complex.
Wizards of the Coast - The world's largest publisher of hobby games, a leading publisher of fantasy literature and the owner of one of the nation's largest specialty game retail store chains.