Professional work at the end of term? (9)
I believe the answer is:
midwifery
'end of term?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to thinking as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'professional work at' is the wordplay.
'professional' becomes 'midwife' (midwife is a kind of professional).
'work at' becomes 'ry' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'midwife'+'ry'='MIDWIFERY'
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for midwifery that I've seen before include "delivery business" , "delivery service" .)