Crossword clues for The professions. 7 letters:PROFESSAffirm openlyPROFESSLay claim toPROFESSDeclarePROFESSAssert openlyPROFESSClaimPROFESSAffirmPROFESSDeclare openlyAVOWALSProfessionsSMELTERProfession since the Bronze AgeACTRESSProfession of Reagan's first wifeTHEWIREIt was Obama's self-professed favorite TV seriesPIANISTVan Cliburn's profession.READLAWStudy for a certain profession.CAREERSProfession progressionsNURSINGVital profession manned chiefly by women.ESTATESThe professions.NURSINGImportant profession.LAITIESThose not of a professionPURPORTProfessDEGREESThey might take three years in the legal professionCAREERSProfessionsTEACHESPursues Miss Dove's profession.PIANISTProfession of José Iturbi.REDMASSAnnual Roman Catholic service for members of the legal professionDANCERSMembers of Ray Bolger's profession.ACTRESSNell Gwyn's profession.WRITINGImportant profession.AVOWINGProfessingLAWYERSPeople whose profession it is to disguise matters.—More.ACTRESSProfession of Katharine Cornell.NURSINGProfession honored on 4c stamp.LETTERSAuthorial professionSHYSTEREmbarrassment to the legal professionARABISTOne profession of Sir Richard Burton.RIVETERRosie's profession.ALLEGESProfessesVINTNERRibbentrop's early profession.CHEMISTGlenn T. Seaborg's profession.ASSERTSProfessesCALLINGProfessionCONTENDProfessMETIERSProfessionsNURSINGProfession of the A. N. C.MEDICALA doctor's professionNURSINGProfession of NightingaleBIGTIMEHighest level in a professionPURPORTProfess or claimGOALIESSavers by professionPROFESSEDAvowedPROFESSIONSMedicine, law et al.