| PAPERROUTE | Assignment in a classic first job |
| LAYLA | Eric Clapton classic first released by Derek and the Dominos |
| WHO | Canadian Classic, 1st word |
| DRAWABLANKET | Assignment in a chilly art class? |
| PATROL | Security assignment in a Nissan off-roader? (6) |
| LANE | Assignment in a bowling alley |
| ALLOCATION | Assignment in a Latin spot (10) |
| HIGHCOMMISSION | Tall male welcoming company assignment in a foreign office (4,10) |
| SEANCONNERY | Actor, 1930-2020, whose first job was as a milkman in Edinburgh, famous for his role in a series of films (4,7) |
| PANTSROLE | Operatic assignment in which a female plays a male |
| CULTURESHOCK | The arts student's first job in the pawnshop comes as a surprise to The Tourists (7,5) |
| ADMISSION | A key assignment in acknowledgement (9) |
| STARTINGPOST | First job on a racecourse (8,4) |
| IMPOSITION | It's a burden, him missing the first job (10) |
| CABINETMAKING | Skilled craft, the first job of a PM? (13) |
| GARDNER | Frank, TV news journalist who was shot on assignment in Saudi Arabia in 2004 (7) |
| TOP | Break in at the boys' club: The Notorious RBG struggled to land her first job out of Columbia Law, despite having led at the ___ of her class |
| DETAIL | Unit with special assignment in dock? (6) |
| NOSEJOB | Change one's assignment in plastic surgery (4,3) |
| JUMBOJET | Flyer rejected assignment in space during project (5,3) |
