Answer:

firms

Answer	Crossword Clue
FIRMS	Companies
FIRMS	Businesses
FIRMS	Law corporations, e.g.

FIRMS	Tones (up)
FIRMS	Business entities
FIRMS	Workplaces
FIRMS	Business concerns
FIRMS	Corporations
FIRMS	Lawyers' employers
FIRMS	Tones, as muscles
FIRMS	Groups that mean business

FIRMS	Concerns.
FIRMS	Stabilizes.
FIRMS	Solidifies
FIRMS	Conglomerate parts

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.