Solutions A new recruit has 13 entries with similar clues
- hireRecruit for a job, say
- stateNew York or New Jersey
- enlistrecruit
- tabloidA newspaper with pages half the size of the normal newspaper
- claudiaEspionage ranks hail recruited girl
- decemberMaybe stag recruits engineer and doctor for festive time
- cadetshipLeader of heathen sect paid out for military recruit's position
- onthetown1949 Gene Kelly/Frank Sinatra musical featuring the song "New York, New York'' (3 wds.)
- designingintriguing derby recruit
- press-gangOld navy recruiting body
- headhunterOne recruiting staff from a rival company
- silly-seasonTime when news is scarce or there is not much news
- russian-roulettelanguage course recruits granted life-changing venture?