| TAMPS | Thanks to politicians, does a depressing job as a packer |
| TAMPA | Thanks to politician, first automated port in Florida (5) |
| TAMPER | Thanks to politician, here contents will interfere (6) |
| RUBBERSTAMP | Approve masseurs, thanks to politician (11) |
| AARON | Rodgers who's been a Packer, a Jet and a Steeler |
| WAD | What a packer might use, a soldier might eat (3) |
| POSTMASTER | A teacher after a job as a civil servant (10) |
| WORKROOM | What politician does to meet everyone in place of business (8) |
| SPINS | A prevaricating politician does this on reversing cuts (5) |
| LAMBEAULEAP | Common occurrence in Green Bay after a Packer touchdown |
| CHILL | Gelidity; a feverish cold; a feeling of fear; or, a depressing influence (5) |
| PLUNGER | It's a depressing thing to have to use such control (7) |
| PUMPS | Extracts information to give backup to politicians (5) |
| CUREDHISPATIENTS | ...so the chef got a job as a doctor, but he... |
| SERVEDASENTENCE | ...so the chef got a job as a grammarian, but he... |
| COOKEDTHEBOOKS | ...so the chef got a job as a librarian, but he... |
| TOASTEDTHEBRIDE | ...so the chef got a job as a wedding planner, but he... |
| TASKMASTER | Teacher after a job as a slave ___ driver (4-6) |
| APOSTLE | Leaving this country, Luke's after a job as a missionary (7) |
| RULECHANGE | Do a great job as a U.S. Mint employee? |
