Person in precarious position having some pride in their work? (4-5)
I believe the answer is:
lion-tamer
'some pride in their work?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'person in precarious position' is the wordplay.
'person' becomes 'lion' (lion is a kind of person).
'in precarious position' becomes 'tamer' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lion'+'tamer'='LION-TAMER'
'having' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lion-tamer that I've seen before include "Circus performer" , "Circus entertainer" .)