Dad's rival
The crossword clue "Dad's rival" is answered by HIRES, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. 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
HIRES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HIRES answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. 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.
- DDDDD (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HIRES
Every other clue in this collection answered by HIRES, most used first.
- Takes on - used 45 times, most recently in 2023
- Employs - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Brings on board - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Adds to the payroll - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts on the payroll - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Charters - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Adds to the staff - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Takes on employees - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Brings on - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Engages. - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Puts to work - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Root beer brand - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
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- Graf rival - SELES, used 46 times
- Sealy rival - SERTA, used 40 times
- Prudential rival - AETNA, used 37 times
- Navratilova rival - EVERT, used 34 times
- Edison rival - TESLA, used 33 times
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