Retired and rues time worked (8)
I believe the answer is:
emeritus
'retired' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'rues time worked' is the wordplay.
'worked' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rues'+'time'='ruestime'
'ruestime' is an anagram of 'EMERITUS'.
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for emeritus that I've seen before include "Honorary title" , "Designation of retired person" , "Title of one honourably retired from duty" , "Use merit to describe retained title" , "No longer having old chair" .)