Jobs, so to speak
The crossword clue "Jobs, so to speak" is answered by HATS, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
HATS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HATS answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HATS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HATS, most used first.
- Millinery - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
- Toppers - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Berets and bonnets - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Boaters and bowlers - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Bowlers - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Bowlers, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Berets and beanies - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Bonnets and berets - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Bowlers and boaters - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Fezzes and fedoras - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Porkpies - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
- Headgear - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
- Milliner's stock - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Pillboxes, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- 1980s band Men Without ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Boater and sailor - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- "___ off!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ off to you!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Roles, metaphorically - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Stetsons and sombreros - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Bowler and boater - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Millinery wares - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Roles, figuratively - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Between jobs - IDLE, used 87 times
- Speak unclearly - SLUR, used 82 times
- "Even ___ speak" - ASWE, used 71 times
- Speak hoarsely - RASP, used 69 times
- Move, in Realtor-speak - RELO, used 62 times
- ___ were (so to speak) - ASIT, used 60 times
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