American author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Bandleader: Branford Marsalis
Basketball player: Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Comedienne: Paula Poundstone
Enigmatology faculty member: Eric Albert
Film actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Game show host: Alex Trebek
Kids' TV figure: Fred Rogers
Musical man: Stephen Sondheim
News reporter
Play character: Felix Unger
Queen: Marie Antoinette
Revolutionary War notable: Patrick Henry
Singer: Barry Manilow
Tennis star: Steffi Graf
TV actress: Gillian Anderson
U.S. President: William Howard Taft
ABEAM - Abdul
ALBEIT - Albert
ALEWIFE - Alex
ANDANTINO - Anderson
ANT LION - Antoinette
AROID - Arnold
BARROW BOY - Barry
BEECHNUT - Beecher
BRANDY - Branford
ERGOTIZED - Eric
FELL - Felix
FRECKLE - Fred
GILLIE - Gillian
GRAECO - Graf
HARROW - Harriet
HEP - Henry *
HOW - Howard
JAB - Jabbar
KARAYA GUM - Kareem
MANIOC - Manilow *
MARIGOLD - Marie
MARSE - Marsalis
PATRIARCHY - Patrick *
PAUL BUNYAN - Paula
POUR - Poundstone
ROGUE - Rogers
SCIATIC - Schwarzenegger
SONDE - Sondheim
STEGOSAUR - Steffi
STEP-IN - Stephen
STP - Stowe
TAG - Taft
TREATY PORT - Trebek
UNGIRD - Unger
WILLFUL - William
What's left over is NEWS REPORTER, which is the answer. The
puzzle is a bit of a trick, because there are 17 occupations and
35 words, but three of the names have three words, so rather than
a word being left over, it's an occupation.
* Archivist's note: Starred
entries do not work according to the 1993 and 1997 printings of
10C, nor the 2003 printing of 11C, but it might be possible they
would have worked with earlier 10C printings. Man in the
street would fall between Manilow and manioc.
Patrician, patriciate, and patricide fall between
patriarchy and Patrick. And hent and
hen track fall between Henry and hep.