| Bring on board in a way | 24 |
| Antonym of "fire" | 27 |
| Take on a new employee | 22 |
| Successful job interviewee | 26 |
| Let, with "out" | 25 |
| Give a name badge, say | 22 |
| Bring on, as an employee | 24 |
| Bring on board, in a way | 24 |
| Bring aboard, in a way | 22 |
| Antonymous rhyme for fire | 25 |
| "Fire" antonym | 24 |
| Freelance musician: ___ gun | 27 |
| Personnel director's find | 29 |
| One put on the payroll | 22 |
| One just put on the payroll | 27 |
| One accepted for a job | 22 |
| Newcomer to the payroll | 23 |
| New person on the payroll | 25 |
| New ID badge recipient | 22 |
| Personnel director, at times | 28 |
| Personnel manager, at times | 27 |
| Want-ad placer, perhaps | 23 |
| Personnel director, often | 25 |
| Hatchet man's counterpart | 29 |
| Whom a headhunter calls | 23 |
| Staffer who fills positions | 27 |
| Personnel person, at times | 26 |
| One taking applications | 23 |
| Fills open slots, in a way | 26 |
| Augments the workforce | 22 |
| Expands one's staff | 23 |
| Employees, to Personnel | 23 |
| Classic root beer brand | 23 |
| Brings on board, in a way | 25 |
| Puts someone into office? | 25 |
| Not at all clean-shaven | 23 |
| "Java" trumpeter Al | 29 |
| "Java" player Al | 26 |
| "Java" jazzman | 24 |
| “Java” trumpeter Al | 27 |
| Herb Alpert contemporary Al | 27 |
| He has trumpet, will pump it | 28 |
| Dixieland trumpeter Al | 22 |
| Bourbon Street trumpeter | 24 |
| Al, the New Orleans trumpeter | 29 |
| "Java" jazz player | 28 |
| "Java" blower | 23 |
| 'Java' musician | 23 |
| Matching pair designation | 25 |
| ___ Master's Voice | 22 |
| Word on terrycloth, sometimes | 29 |
| Word on a towel, sometimes | 26 |
| Word on a husband's towel | 29 |
| Part of HRH, sometimes | 22 |
| Old what's-__-name | 22 |
| "To each ___ own" | 27 |
| Man, is this word possessive? | 29 |
| Capitalized Bible pronoun | 25 |
| "___ Dog": Terhune | 28 |
| Word on a towel, perhaps | 24 |
| Towel marking, perhaps | 22 |
| Towel embroidery, sometimes | 27 |
| Some fine how-do-you-dos | 24 |
| Quaint coffee mug word | 22 |
| Part of H.R.H, sometimes | 24 |
| Like some rings and towels | 26 |
| Embroidered word, at times | 26 |
| Embroidered possessive | 22 |
| Dad's or Gramp's | 24 |
| Bill Haley and ___ Comets | 25 |
| "To each --- own" | 27 |
| "To Each _____ Own" | 29 |
| "To each __ own" | 26 |
| "___ Girl Friday" | 27 |
| ___ Holiness the Dalai Lama | 27 |
| Conclusion of the quip | 22 |
| Yokel's possessive | 22 |
| That there hillbilly's | 26 |
| Word on a boondocks towel? | 26 |
| Word on a backwoods towel? | 26 |
| Hinterlands possessive | 22 |
| Belonging to Li'l Abner | 27 |
| Words for a pompous boss | 24 |
| Tyrannical boss, facetiously | 28 |
| Mocking title for an autocrat | 29 |
| Mock title for a pompous boss | 29 |
| Demanding one, facetiously | 26 |
| Greeting for a villain | 22 |
| Villain's reception | 23 |
| Villain's greeting | 22 |
| Sound of escaping steam | 23 |
| Angry cat's warning | 23 |
| Angry audience reaction | 23 |
| "Boo" accompaniment | 29 |
| Sound from an angry cat | 23 |
| Razz from the audience | 22 |
| What frightened geese do | 24 |
| Venting sound (hint #6) | 23 |
| Unhappy fan's reaction | 26 |
| Sound of crowd disapproval | 26 |