Leading positions in profession or craft after tide turned (11)
I believe the answer is:
editorships
'leading positions in profession or craft after tide turned' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'or craft after tide turned' is the wordplay.
'craft' becomes 'ships' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'turned' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'tide' in reverse letter order is 'edit'.
'or'+'ships'='orships'
'orships' put after 'edit' is 'EDITORSHIPS'.
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