| TENURE | The occupation of incumbency |
| LOVE | "The occupation of the idle man, the distraction of the warrior, the peril of the sovereign," per Na |
| SAMUELADAMS | Author of the 1768 Massachusetts Circular Letter that resulted in the occupation of Boston by the Br |
| ASTRONOMER | An anagram of "moon starer" reveals the occupation of the stargazers Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler (10) |
| COALMINER | What was the occupation of the father of country singer Loretta Lynn? (4-5) |
| DROVING | The occupation of a mover of animals (7) |
| SNOWJOB | Insincere and overwhelming talk is the occupation of the ski instructor? (4,3) |
| EVACUATE | To clear of people or relinquish the occupation of (8) |
| CLOWN | What is the occupation of Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofsky, better known as Krusty, in The Simpsons? (5) |
| IRON | The occupation of farrier can be traced back to the Latin term ferrum, meaning what? (4) |
| PIRATING | Hardly the occupation of Holy Jack? (8) |
| CHASE | Pursue the occupation of an engraver? (5) |
| SITINS | Protests involving the occupation of buildings (3-3) |
| BARBER | What was the occupation of Figaro (6) |
| ACTRESS | Name the occupation of Nicole Kidman (7) |
| EDITING | The occupation of Barbara McLean, Thelma Schoonmaker and Michael Kahn (they've all won Oscars for it |
| NANNIES | The occupation of students who have been trained at Norland College, Bath since 1892 (7) |
| ENGRAVER | The occupation of both Albrecht Durer and Chaim Goldberg (8) |
| NURSE | What is the occupation of Sarah Gamp in Martin Chuzzlewit? (5) |
| SPORT | The occupation of athletes who compete for pay (5) |
