Possible Clues:

• "___ no hooks" (cargo container warning)
• Pa might stop shortly so as to employ this
• Perhaps a wee form of 9 across
• Now and then you're sure to find employment
• Enjoy coke, say?
• Put in operation
• Milk supplies the States with energy
• Kings of Leon: "___ Somebody"
• "What's the ___?" (quitter's question)
• "What's the ___?" (quitter's lament)