Related Clues:

• Put oneself forward, for a job say
• Made a formal request
• Used when a couple of coppers falsified facts
• Enforced when a parish priest dissembled
• Offered oneself as a candidate
• Answered a help-wanted ad, say
• Paid close attention -- pages after article told a story
• Put to practical use, program wasn't accurate
• I may cut into fruit Penny laid on
• Was relevant
• Directed song with a gentle piano introduction
• Turned to use backless cooker, perhaps explosive
• Practical computer program gave a false answer
• Registered an interest in job in the orchard around island to a degree
• Tinder, maybe, wasn't reliable or practical