Ballads
The crossword clue "Ballads" is answered by LAYS, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LAYS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAYS answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- FALAS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for LAYS
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAYS, most used first.
- Sets (down) - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Puts down - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Big name in chips - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Potato chip brand - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Big name in potato chips - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Sets, as a trap - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Deposits - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Places - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Pringles alternative - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Installs, as carpeting - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Installs, as tile - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Macaulay's "___ of Ancient Rome" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Pringles competitor - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Produces eggs - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "Betcha can't eat just one" chips - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Places down - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Puts down carpet - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
- Stead - LIEU, used 445 times
- Secular - LAIC, used 392 times
- Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
- "___ we forget" - LEST, used 354 times
- Minus - LESS, used 321 times
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