Paid spots
The crossword clue "Paid spots" is answered by ADS, a 3-letter entry. Used 27 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ADS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADS answer page.
Used 27 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ADS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ADS, most used first.
- Commercials - used 290 times, most recently in 2026
- Billboards - used 176 times, most recently in 2026
- TV spots - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
- Promos - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Spots on TV - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Show stoppers? - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Classifieds - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Podcast interruptions - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Infomercials, e.g. - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Product pitches - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Billboard displays - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Paid player - PRO, used 99 times
- Paid athlete - PRO, used 70 times
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