The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AXED which also is the latest solution we found used in The Onion in 2009.
Off the payroll crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AXED | 33 % | 4 |
| FIRED | 33 % | 5 |
| SACKED | 33 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Off the payroll
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Crossword Answer definitions
AXED 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.
- Having a specified number of type of axis.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result AXED
More clues leading to the result FIRED
- Baked in a kiln
- Off the payroll
- Leaving work early, perhaps
- Shot
- Given the boot
- Discharged
- Given the gate
- Let go
- Given the ax
- Terminated