| DSS | Agency replaced by the Department for Work and Pensions (abbr.) (3) |
| JOBCENTRE | Employment service offered by the Department for Work and Pensions, ___ Plus (9) |
| EMPLOYMENTSERVICE | Former government agency replaced by Jobcentre Plus (10,7) |
| OHS | Department for work safety (abbrev.) |
| IDS | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 2010-2016, in short (3) |
| PURNELL | James ?, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2008-09 |
| KENDALL | Liz __ MP, Labour politician currently secretary of state for Work and Pensions (7) |
| PAY | Money for work and play, reduced by pounds |
| ADA | Programming language developed by the Department of Defense |
| DWP | It is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy (3) |
| TTR | Transition To Retirement (pension) (abbr) (1,1,1) |
| CPP | In French it's the 'Regime de Pensions du Canada' ...and what is its three-lettered acronym in English? |
| RET | Collecting Canada Pension (abbr.) |
| MCFADDEN | Pat ---, Labour MP appointed work and pensions secretary in 2025 (8) |
| INTERLINKED | Wages and pensions directly related to the cost of living and rising or falling accordingly (5-6) |
| REFUGE | Life insurance and pensions company founded in Cheshire in 1858 (6) |
| LAWS | Wage and hour __ (legislation enforced by the Department of Labor) |
| APED | Copied and returned by the department (4) |
| POSTGRADUATE | Tweet by bachelor working in research facility presumably qualified, by the Department of Education (12) |
| INCOME | The name WINZ stands for Work and ... New Zealand |
