The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AXING which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2013.
Hatchet job crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AXING | 50 % | 5 |
| CHOP | 50 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hatchet job
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- calumny
- traducement
- defamation
- obloquy
- wet job
- hatchet wound
- blot on the escutcheon
- smear campaign
- gotcha journalism
- stitch-up
- hack
- cut of one's jib
Crossword Answer definitions
AXING verb- To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- To put forward (a question) to be answered.
- To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
- To request or petition; usually with for.
- To request permission to do something.
- To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
- To invite.
- To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
- To take (a person's situation) as an example.
- To fell or chop with an axe.
- To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
- To furnish with an axle.
- An assault carried out with an axe.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result AXING
- Getting rid of
- Giving the pink slip
- Making staff cuts
- Taking off the payroll
- Terminating
- Firing
- Giving the sack
- Tree work
- Personnel job
- Pink-slipping