Staff addition
The crossword clue "Staff addition" is answered by HIRE, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HIRE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HIRE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- LEDGERLINE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HIRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by HIRE, most used first.
- Take on - used 184 times, most recently in 2026
- Employ - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring on board - used 141 times, most recently in 2026
- Put on the payroll - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- Engage - used 74 times, most recently in 2025
- Add to the payroll - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Charter - used 68 times, most recently in 2025
- Add to the staff - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Give a job to - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Take on employees - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Bring on - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Put to work - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Rent - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
- Sign on - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Add new employees - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Add to the team - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring aboard - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Do a personnel job - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Place on the payroll - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Put on staff - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Add staff - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Antonym of fire - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Engage one's services - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Give employment to - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- New employee - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- One way to fill an opening - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Put on - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- "This Gun for ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Word that rhymes with its opposite - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- In addition - ALSO, used 527 times
- In addition - ELSE, used 162 times
- Addition column - TENS, used 102 times
- Staff member - AIDE, used 83 times
- Staff symbol - CLEF, used 80 times
- Addition column - ONES, used 76 times
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