The rent-a-staff man(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “The rent-a-staff man”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 28th October 2025.
The answer is
H
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R
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M
Other clues that solve to HIRAM
The same answer often re-appears with different clues over the years. Tap a clue to open its answer page, or the date to jump straight to that day's puzzle.
- #15 down He takes a hard line, the beast! (5) 6th April 2026
- #18 down The rent-a-staff man (5) 28th October 2025
- #30 down He's said to take on the workers (5) 12th June 2025
- #19 across Maxim, maybe, of many an American (5) 14th April 2025
- #2 down Nominal hairstyle for the male (5) 17th December 2024
- #8 across You can see the artist in him! (5) 18th October 2024
- #20 down He's said to take on staff (5) 15th February 2024
- #15 down He can be said to engage the staff (5) 12th September 2023
- #18 down The rent-a-staff man (5) 27th July 2023
- #10 across Does he re-style his hair a lot? (5) 23rd March 2023
- #19 across Maxim, maybe, of many an American (5) 28th December 2022
- #15 down Name a bad actor about to end an affair (5) 2nd November 2022
- #6 down He's said to take people on (5) 13th September 2022
- #26 across American hair-style for Monsieur? (5) 14th December 2021
- #8 across You can see the artist in him! (5) 18th October 2021
- #15 down Actor about to end the affair, nominally (5) 7th September 2021
- #15 down He takes a hard line, the beast! (5) 5th January 2021
- #18 down The rent-a-staff man (5) 6th May 2020
- #30 down He's said to take on the workers (5) 7th March 2019
- #19 across Maxim, maybe, of many an American (5) 9th January 2019
- #2 down Nominal hair-style for the male (5) 20th September 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 28th October 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 across Best titfer? (3,3)
- #1 down Playing speeds (6)
- #2 down Shouted when the weather turned nasty? (6)
- #3 down The immortal Mr Heyerdahl (4)
- #4 down Disinclined to have acted as a model after work (7)
- #5 down Horse possibly detested by Ted (5)
- #6 down Glass dish? (5)
- #7 across It's full of patient customers (8)
- #8 across If wrong, do right (doggedly) (4)
- #8 down A good time in the garden? (4)
- #9 down The gardener's little boy (3)