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Answer for the clue "Killer’s success with staff ", 7 letters:
hit man

Word definitions for hit man in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Someone who kills for a living; a hired assassin.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hit Man is an American television game show that ran from January 3 to April 1, 1983, on NBC . Peter Tomarken hosted this Jay Wolpert production in association with Metromedia Video Productions , while Rod Roddy was the announcer.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman , gunslinger , hired gun , gun , gun for hire , triggerman , hitman , torpedo , shooter ]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Byrd and Bacon reportedly sought out a hit man to kill Oldham for $ 10, 000. ▪ Maybe somebody employed a hit man . ▪ One was about a Machine hit man who emerges from early retirement when his wife is slain by a serial murderer. ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
hit man \hit man\ n. A professional murderer, esp. one working for a criminal organization; also called torpedo . [Colloq.] A slanderer working for political purposes to damage the reputation of an opponent; a hatchet man .

Usage examples of hit man.

Can you think of any reason why Franco Laurentis would send a hit man to your door?

Maybe it could, but more likely the robot-Winkler had an accomplice--a hit man, if that is the correct Twentieth-Century jargon.

In-house hit man, the gangs hire them to keep their own noses clean.

I didn't care to spend every day of my existence wondering if the trash bots were about to cram me into the garbage truck or if the mail bot was really a hit man in disguise.