Related Clues:

• Stiff and machinelike
• Flute? Part played is routine
• Herky-jerky, as movements
• Automatic rifle beginning to oddly jerk
• Such repetitive work attracts no living wage
• It's not natural, in a mechanical way, to turn away from contributor
• Like an android
• Deprive of an ear, working automatically
• Like a zombie?
• Perfunctory repast including tea -- largely pleasant
• Just going through the motions, perhaps
• Like the delivery of many a prepared speech
• Artisan food preserves a name in style
• A manual worker or artisan, especially in Shakespeare
• Essentially rice behind turnip, say, covering starter of beef jerky?