Possible Clues:

• Partridge spoke of it in English – and also spelled it with a b
• The way you may be employed, likewise
• Universal herb, in a manner of speaking
• Does this give you and me enough time for employment? (5)
• Custom America, say, rejected
• Word on a water bill
• The kind of employment that would put years on us
• Grammarians concern
• You sound prudent enough to get treatment
• We before time get wise to you