| MISSIONS | Specific tasks or duties |
| DETAIL | Temporary group of soldiers assigned to a specific task; or, an individual or minute part of a painting studied/ investigated by an art historian (6) |
| MISSION | Specific task or duty |
| TIES | Bands, bows, couplings, knots, laces, shackles, strings, tethers or other fastenings; by extension, connections bonding people; or, commitments or duties that restrain or bind (4) |
| ERRANDS | Old or literary word for verbal messages, missions or quests; trips undertaken to accomplish necessary tasks; or, dialect for shopping (7) |
| SINECURE | An office or position that has no work or duties attached to it, but offers some pay or reward (8) |
| CHORES | Specific tasks to be done (6) |
| SUSPENDED | Temporarily debarred from work or duties |
| OUTSIDER | One's excluded work or duties (8) |
| SKIVING | Avoiding work or duties |
| NANOBOT | A microscopic machine designed to carry out specific tasks (7) |
| ODDJOBS | Taskrabbit tasks ... or what letters one, three, five, etc., in the starred clues' answers spell? |
| COMMISSIONER | Person authorised to perform certain tasks or endowed with certain powers (12) |
| COMMAND | Military division for which an officer is responsible; an invitation from the Queen; or, a directive or instruction to a computer program to perform a specific task (7) |
| 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) |
| DESERTERS | In the military, personnel who abscond from posts or duties with no intention of returning (9) |
| CUSTOMS | Habitual practices such as tea ceremonies; a society's traditions; or, duties on imports and exports (7) |
| ALLOCATE | To assign resources or duties for a particular purpose (8) |
| ALLOCATING | Distributing (resources or duties) for a particular purpose (10) |
| APPLIANCE | Tool or device for a specific task |
