The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ARARAT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ARARAT
- Territorials and gunners twice climbing mountain
- Heathen god in area to betray Ark’s resting-place
- Revealed by radar: a rather historic landing site
- A king and a knave in symbol of Armenia
- Mountain in eastern part of Sahara desert
- Mount first of attacks, retaliating against traitor
- American soldiers grabbed by painting of biblical mount
- Mount frames in alabaster
- Famous dry spot in Sahara? Rather
- A mountain, a river and a desert
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "A company that was floated to avoid liquidation ended up here" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a company that was floated to avoid liquidation ended up here = ararat.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.