Patient daughter looked around before taking on job? (5)
I believe the answer is:
cased
'looked around before taking on job?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with perception as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'patient daughter' is the wordplay.
'patient' becomes 'case' (synonyms).
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'case'+'d'='CASED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cased that I've seen before include "examined with intention to rob" , "Reconnoitred (sl.)" , "Covered, protected; checked over (by robber)" , "put in a box" , "Carefully inspected (for crime)" .)