Azed 2458

[iminoz]

13a. Unwelcome comforters called this 'doing normal work' (5)
I have ON-JOB, doing normal work, but not seeing the parsing.

[iminoz]

...and that should be 2485!

[geevo41]

Job's comforter
/dʒəʊbz/
noun

a person who aggravates distress under the guise of giving comfort.

[iminoz]

Thanks, Geevo. That must be the connection, although the parsing seems loose, and Azed is normally so precise.

[geevo41]

Glad to help

[Spoffy]

You have to replace the 'this' in the clue with the solution, so "Unwelcome comforters called this" becomes "Unwelcome comforters called on Job", which is exactly what Job's three 'friends' did.