Crossword clues for The professions.:PROFESSAffirm openlyPROFESSDeclarePROFESSIONTinker or tailorPROFESSAvowPROFESSEDAvowedPROFESSAssert openlyPROFESSIONJobPROFESSClaim openlyPROFESSLay claim toPROFESSSay openlyPROFESSAffirmPROFESSESAvows.PROFESSMaintainPROFESSDeclare publicly.PROFESSIONSMedicine, law et al.PROFESSOpenly statePROFESSIONOccupationPROFESSDeclare openlyPROFESSIONLine definitionAVOWMake a professionQUAYLEPolitician who said "Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."ATTSupreme Court justice, typically, by profession: Abbr.DEGREESThey might take three years in the legal professionMRS___ Warren's Profession (Shaw play)CLAIMProfessAREAProfessionHOUSEKEEPINGMaid's professionSNOWCLONEFormulaic use of a much-repeated idiom, as "I'm not a [fill in profession], but I play one on TV"HELURNActress who famously said, "Acting is the perfect idiot's profession"SHAWMrs. Warren's Profession authorCOURTJESTERYorick's professionILUVUCandy heart professionMOTHERHOODThe Second Oldest Profession a la Erma BombeckBEEKEEPERSherlock Holmes's profession after retiring as a detectiveMARKETMANAGER... her workaday professionBARLegal professionALLEGESProfessesMETIERProfessionACTORProfession shared by thematic hiders in this puzzleBIZProfession, slangilyCLERKUriah Heep, by professionCOMIC39-Down's professionAVOWProfess or confessSHYSTEREmbarrassment to the legal professionBOTANISTHooker's professionDISBARExpel from the legal professionAVOWProfessSOCIALWORKProfession intent on improving living conditionsLAWPerry Mason's professionAVERProfess as true