Sailor has time in boat for the new jobs (6)
I believe the answer is:
starts
'the new jobs' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'sailor has time in boat' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'tar' (slang term for a sailor).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'boat' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'tar'+'t'='tart'
'tart' inserted within 'ss' is 'STARTS'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for starts that I've seen before include "Makes sudden movement from pain or surprise" , "Begins with surprise reactions?" , "Begins - or jumps as with fright" , "Begins or makes sudden movement as from surprise" , "Commences" .)