The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STAFFS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result STAFFS
- Poles belonging to the workforce
- Man’s more than a crook maybe
- Groups of schoolteachers maybe in English county
- County’s employees, ultimately industrious
- Crooks gutted stores either side of river
- Where Tamworth is, in the sticks
- County clubs
- Provides workforce
- Bodies of teachers found in the Midlands
- County takes on workers
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The straight part
We know that "County takes on workers/ County/takes on workers" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case county takes on workers/ county/takes on workers = staffs.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does STAFFS mean?
STAFFS noun- (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- (plural staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
- (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
- A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.W
- A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
- A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
- The rung of a ladder.
- A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
- An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
- The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
- An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
- To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.