| SPEEDCOP | Busy checking progress of the career-minded? |
| STOPGO | Briefly tolerated stifling parent guidance continually checking progress |
| BACKSTABBER | CAREER-MINDED |
| CONDORCET | Marquis de ___, 18th-century French philosopher and politician whose works include Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind |
| REDFLAG | Left flyer advancing the progress of the nascent car industry? |
| PRIOR | Matthew, poet whose works include Alma, or The Progress of the Mind (5) |
| REUNION | *Family get-together or, alternately, destroy the career of the co-producer of "Achtung Baby"? |
| CFCA | In 1922, the Star becomes a pioneer in broadcasting by establishing its own radio station _ _ _ _ ...and in 1923 it becomes the first radio station to broadcast a hockey game, launching the career of |
| SIRE | Record label, now part of the Warner Music Group, which launched the careers of the Ramones and Madonna (4) |
| BLOODSIMPLE | The 2020 Sundance Film Festival begins on Jan. 23; this movie won the 1985 Grand Jury Prize there, launching the careers of the Coen Brothers |
| EVENTFUL | Like the career of a busy show jumper (8) |
| THESUGARCUBES | Sykurmolarnir, the group which launched the career of Bjork |
| LENIN | A series of strokes ended the career of this Russian revolutionary leader, who died in 1924 (5) |
| RINKA | Dog belonging to Norman Scott that was shot in the scandal that ended the career of Jeremy Thorpe |
| PRIVATELIFE | What the autobiography reveals is the career of an ordinary soldier (7,4) |
| SENNA | 2011 film documentary on the career of the eponymous Brazilian racing driver (5) |
| AROD | Nickname of the former Yankee with the career grand slam record at 25: Hyph. |
| SNL | NBC show that launched the career of many comedians: Abbr. |
| MONTROSE | 19705 rock band that launched the career of Sammy Hagar |
| TRIBUTE | A show to honour the career of an entertainer |
