| EMPLOYED | Used or hired |
| RETAINED | Employed, engaged or hired |
| CAB | Vehicle that can be hailed or hired |
| BRAVO | A thug or hired assassin |
| ESCORT | Attendant or hired companion (6) |
| QUILTING | The creative pursuit of crafting a layered or patchworked comforter, counterpane, coverlet or puff; the cloth, padding or pattern of stitching used; or, the work fabricated (8) |
| MILL | From "grind", a building equipped with apparatus for crushing corn into flour; the grindstone, quern or machine used; or, a utensil with which to molere coffee beans or peppercorns (4) |
| DRIFT | Passage in a mine; a drove road; the meaning or gist of words used; or, a set of fishing nets (5) |
| DOJO | Room or hall used or the practice of martial arts (4) |
| EDGING | The border of a flower-bed, garden path, garment, lawn or rug; the fringe, gravel, hurdles, lace, pavers etc used; or, the act of making said finish/trim (6) |
| DARNER | One who mends holes in clothes and socks by interweaving stitches around an egg- or mushroom-shaped implement; the needle used; or, a dragonfly, resembling said bodkin (6) |
| WASTED | Used or expended carelessly or to no purpose (6) |
| ACCUSED | Account number used or charged (7) |
| SIC | Used or spelt as written (3) |
| ROUSED | Ill used or provoked |
| DESIROUS | This may be used, or is wanting |
| NITROUSOXIDE | Unusual toxin I used or laughing gas |
| CUSTOMARY | Commonly used or practised (9) |
| WRONGUN | Rogue obviously used, or raised, weapon |
| PRORATA | Calculated by amount used or done |
