| TEATASTER | An Assam aficionado, Ceylon connoisseur, Earl Grey expert, matcha master or other professional critic, judge, sampler or tester of brewed, infused or steeped loose-leaf cha (3,6) |
| CLIENT | One who uses the services of a lawyer or other professional (6) |
| COMPOSER | Arranger, melodist, tunesmith or other professional writer of music (8) |
| CLIENTS | People or organisations using the services of lawyers or other professionals (7) |
| SCHOOLTEACHERS | Accountant fixed clothes-horse for other professionals (14) |
| TEA | Assam or Matcha or Earl Grey or Oolong |
| ORIGINAL | A master or prototype from which copies can be made; a work created personally by a particular artist, musician or writer; or, a made-to-measure designer garment |
| MATE | Companion; sire/dam; ship's officer subordinate to the master; or, an assistant in various trades (4) |
| TEAGARDEN | A plantation of Camellia sinensis or, an open-air restaurant or roji serving cha, chai, matcha or other infusions of said plant's dried leaves (3,6) |
| PROFESSOR | University academic of the highest rank; or, a title assumed by a charlatan, dancing-master or a Punch and Judy puppeteer (9) |
| MAVEN | Master or expert |
| TESTER | Historically, a person employed to prove the innocuousness of food by eating it before serving it to their master or mistress; or, a little cup for a person who is sampling wine (6) |
| SAN | Sir or master or sahib in Japan |
| BEAK | Word for a bird's bill, a human's nose, a squid's mouthpart or a turtle's jaw that is also long-standing public school slang for a master or teacher (4) |
| AGAMEMNON | Sport master (or head at least) surrounded by unknown enemy of the Trojans (9) |
| FIRSTDEGREE | Further education before a master's or doctorate (5,6) |
| SGT | Abbr. that can follow master or staff |
| HEAD | Kind of master or hunter |
| DRILL | Master or sergeant |
| OLD | Word before master or school |
