| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| TELEPHONIST | Operator | |
| USER | Operator | |
| BUSDRIVER | Coach operator | |
| RACKETEER | Black-market operator | |
| SPIV | Black-market operator | |
| CABDRIVER | Taxi operator | |
| WEAVER | Loom operator | |
| TURNER | Lathe operator | |
| ENGINEDRIVER | Train operator | |
| MACHINIST | Machine operator | |
| PUPPETEER | Marionette operator | |
| CAB DRIVER | Taxi operator (3,6) | |
| SIGNALMAN | Morse code operator | |
| SIGNALLER | Morse code operator | |
| HEADSET | Switchboard operator’s workwear | |
| VISA | Global credit-card operator | |
| RSI | Keyboard operator’s complaint | |
| TYPIST | Printing machine operator | |
| TURNERY | Lathe Operator's Workshop | |
| MOP | Gym operator required cleaner | |
| LAMEDUCK | Duke calm about useless operator | |
| BRAINSURGEON | Cerebral operator would flourish around showers | |
| ERATO | Operator’s heart is a muse of poetry | |
| OPERATIC | Histrionic operator loses or gains, I see | |
| SURGEON | Sir John said to be quite an operator? | |