The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word AXE , but the solution may also be CAN which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Pink-slip crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AXE | 49 % | 3 |
| CAN | 25 % | 3 |
| SACK | 9 % | 4 |
| WALKINGPAPERS | 7 % | 13 |
| FIRE | 6 % | 4 |
| IDLE | 1 % | 4 |
| BOOT | 1 % | 4 |
| MARCHINGORDERS | 1 % | 14 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pink-slip
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- kiss-off
- chop
- sack
- fifty six
- burn notice
- boot
- sendoff
- pinch
- kiss-up
- tip-off
- warning sign
- slap on the wrist
Crossword Answer definitions
AXE noun- A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
- An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
- A dismissal or rejection.
- A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
- A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
- To fell or chop with an axe.
- To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
- The axle of a wheel.
- To furnish with an axle.
- 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.
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 AXE
- Boot out
- Bunyan's tool
- Cut
- Fire
- Fireman's tool
- Give the boot
- Paul Bunyan's tool
- Show the door to
- Chop
- Cleaver
More clues leading to the result CAN
- Food holder
- Lay off
- Fire
- Pantry item
- Preserve
- Dismiss
- Issue walking papers to
- Recyclable item
- Recycled item
- Soup unit
More clues leading to the result SACK
- Sad __ (inept one)
- Give the ax to
- Paper bag
- Potato holder
- Tackle the quarterback
- Ax
- Bag
- Potato purchase
- Container
- Style of loose dress
More clues leading to the result WALKINGPAPERS
- Pink slip
- Dismissal notice
- Dismissal: Colloq.
- Some execs give out these
- Notice when getting fired
- License to leave?
- Notification of dismissal
More clues leading to the result FIRE
- "__ at will"
- Can
- Put in a kiln
- Camper's need
- With 57-Across, "atomic" sucking candy that violates building safety codes?
- Let go
- Sack
- Bake, as pottery
- Send packing
- "___ in the hole!"
More clues leading to the result IDLE
- Lay off
- Like some threats
- Not in use
- Not working
- Twiddling one's thumbs
- Cleese's cohort, once
- Inactive
- Like chatter, perhaps
- Run in neutral
- Unoccupied
More clues leading to the result BOOT
- Trunk in Soho
- Trunk?
- Car trunk, to a Brit
- Unceremonious pink slip
- Shape of some novelty beer steins
- 55 Down's shape
- Wellington, for one
- Sorel product
- Ugg product
- Work as a kicker