Employed
The crossword clue "Employed" is answered by HIRED, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HIRED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HIRED answer page.
Used 17 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 6 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.
- ONSTAFF (3 uses in xd)
- WORKING (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for HIRED
Every other clue in this collection answered by HIRED, most used first.
- Brought on board - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Took on - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Put on the payroll - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Engaged - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
- Added to the staff - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Added to the payroll - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Brought on - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Put to work - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Being employed. - INUSE, used 14 times
- Employed - INUSE, used 11 times
- __ living (be employed) - EARNA, used 7 times
- Currently employed - INUSE, used 6 times
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