| SCHOOLMASTERS | So the Easterners with their lost charms, take up careers as teachers (13) |
| MENAGERIE | Ma and I turn green on seeing the Easterner with all those animals |
| JOBSHARES | Judge outdated careers as limited opportunities for workers (3-6) |
| AEROBIC | Ten could be taking up careers in excise - it's a brisk activity (8,9) |
| EXERCISES | Ten could be taking up careers in excise - it's a brisk activity (8,9) |
| TALISMAN | After time animal's lost charm (8) |
| BELLYDANCERS | They entertain Middle Easterners with something for dinner, and yes, they have a ball! (5,7) |
| REMAINED | How it stayed in the Easterner's dream (8) |
| COMIC | Come! The Easterner's gone, I see! How very droll! (5) |
| BREAKSTEP | Change stride as teachers holding run, favourite falling over |
| COMMONROOM | Open land secure on reflection as teachers' meeting place (6,4) |
| BURUNDI | Friend wrapped up career with independent African nation (7) |
| TSARISM | Former authority assumed regressively by "Ma'am"/"Sir" as teachers (7) |
| EQUIPS | Fits out an Easterner with some witty sayings (6) |
| ARABLE | Cultivable by a Middle Easterner with left foot missing (6) |
| INEPT | An Easterner with a pint quickly becomes unfit (5) |
| AYATOLLAH | A leader of the Shiite sect of the Muslim religion, serving as teacher, judge, and administrator (9) |
| FOURMINUTEMILES | Trumpeter's sped-up career? |
| BUTTERFLYNUT | One screwed up career in squash |
| PASTORAL | History exam as teacher's responsibility? |
