Blokes inside Ptolemy disturbed, creating work (10)
I believe the answer is:
employment
'work' is the definition.
(I know that work can be written as employment)
'blokes inside ptolemy disturbed' is the wordplay.
'blokes' becomes 'men' (bloke can informally mean a man).
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'disturbed' is an anagram indicator (the order of letters is disturbed).
'ptolemy' anagrammed gives 'employt'.
'men' put into 'employt' is 'EMPLOYMENT'.
'creating' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for employment that I've seen before include "The utilisation of something" , "A person's work or profession" , "Utilization" , "Paid work" .)