Taking off the payroll Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Taking off the payroll . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is AXING.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% AXING Taking off the payroll (5)
3% SIT Take a load off (3) Universal Sep 10, 2025
3% UNTIE Prepare to take off, as sneaks (5) The Washington Post Mini Sep 10, 2025
3% HIRED Put on the payroll (5) New York Times Sep 9, 2025
3% LEAVE Take off (5) LA Times Daily Sep 5, 2025
3% SCRAM Take off (5) LA Times Daily Sep 5, 2025
3% SUBTRACTION Taking off vessel's pulling power (11) (11) Puzzler Cryptic Sep 4, 2025
3% PEASANT Labourer's bird taking off hurriedly at first (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 2, 2025
3% SSNS Payroll IDs (4) USA Today Aug 30, 2025
3% SAIL Take off on a boat, say (4)
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