Rod's employees? (5)

I believe the answer is:

staff

This clue is a double definition.

'rod's' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)

'employees?' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

(Other definitions for staff that I've seen before include "crook" , "Employees; spindle in watch" , "Group of employees and long stick for support" , "See 11" , "Hands" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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