Paid athletes
The crossword clue "Paid athletes" is answered by PROS, a 4-letter entry. Used 30 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PROS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PROS answer page.
Used 30 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PROS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PROS, most used first.
- __ and cons - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Paid players - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Old hands - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
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