| VOCATIONAL | Describing education preparing one for a specific, technical occupation (10) |
| TANNER | One preparing 1 (6) |
| STIRUP | To mix ingredients with a spoon when preparing one's Christmas pudding on the Sunday before the season of Advent, for example (4,2) |
| CONSORTIUM | Business association formed for a specific project (10) |
| OUTFITTERS | Shops that sell clothes and equipment for a specific purpose (10) |
| WINTERIZING | Preparing one's home for cold weather |
| ADLIB | Speak without previously preparing one's words (2,3) |
| AREA | Originally meaning "space allocated for a specific purpose", a word for the extent/measurement of a surface or piece of land; a field of study; or, a geographical region (4) |
| OUTFIT | Informal word for a business or firm; a carefully selected set of matching clothes; or, a kit for a specific task, such as first aid (6) |
| PROGRAMMING | Preparing (a computer) for a specific task |
| ALLY | A government formally cooperating or united with another for a specific purpose by a treaty |
| FUND | Rod, a leading salesman from Dunsford, has made a lot of money, which he has put aside for a specific purpose (4) |
| SHIFT | Team who work for a specific period within a day or night, or the time worked by such a group (5) |
| TASKS | Specific pieces of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee. (5) |
| ENZYME | Protein acting as a catalyst for a specific biochemical reaction (6) |
| RUSTICATE | Send down from a British university for a specific time (9) |
| ADHOC | A medical man tours hospital for a specific purpose |
| RENTACAR | Aren't restoring motor, one hired for a specific occasion (4-1-3) |
| ERRAND | A short journey for a specific purpose will go astray also |
| DUTY | One's responsibility for a specific levy |
