Industry (9)
I believe the answer is:
diligence
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">industry</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for diligence that I've seen before include "Painstaking care" , "Industriousness" , "hard effort" , "Careful and persistent work or effort" , "needing proper care and attention" .)