| OUTSOLD | Had a better month than most as a real estate agent |
| IDEA | Ford had a better one in the 1960s |
| BETROTHMENT | Being now engaged in arranging a better month |
| COMMISSIONBELLS | Chimes rung when a real estate agent makes a sale? |
| SALE | Make a ___ (what a real estate agent tries to do) |
| DUMP | The last thing a real estate agent would call a dilapidated house! |
| SELL | What a real estate agent helps you do to your old house |
| MANTRA | 'Location, location, location,' to a real estate agent |
| OPENHOUSE | Show-and-sell event for a real-estate agent |
| RELO | Informally 'move' to a real estate agent |
| REALTOR | What is a real estate agent called in the US? (7) |
| HOUSEHUNT | Work with a real estate agent, say |
| BROKENHOME | Problem for a real-estate agent? |
| LOVEHURTS | Film about a real estate agent who used to be involved in organized crime: 2 wds. |
| UNIT | Apartment, to a real estate agent |
| PAULAUSTER | "New York Trilogy" author whom J. M. Coetzee described as a "real workhorse a la Balzac, yet a worldwide celebrity too" upon his death in April, 2024 |
| FOOTSTEP | A print or trace left by one's shoe or tread, as a real or figurative example to follow; or, a single stair (8) |
| SALT | Ocean mineral or crystal from the sea, taken up as a real or figurative pinch when seasoning one's chips or in a state of doubt or incredulity (4) |
| THUNDERBOLTS | By Jupiter, perhaps they come as a real shock (12) |
| ESCALATORCLAUSE | As a real clue cost will vary, see this item in contract |
