Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Promotional material (3 letter answer)
The Answer
ADS
Tags
Notes
The answer ADS is very common and appears about once every 48 puzzles.
Related Clues
Attack ___
Classifieds
Commercials
Pitches
Spots
Want ___
Banners on the Internet
Google moneymakers
Halftime staples
Marketing tools
Newspaper items
Newspaper parts
Paid notices
Sellers' notices
Show stoppers
Solicitations of sorts
Some posters
Some spreads
Some trailers
TV commercials
TV messages
TV spots
Words from sponsors
Zappers' targets
Mad. Ave. products
Madison Ave. products
Magazine revenue source
Much e-mail
Pop-ups, e.g.
Sales stimulators, for short
Things often zapped
TV commercials, e.g.
Most junk mail, essentially
Lead-ins to many YouTube videos
They may be flipped past
TV networks' sine qua non
Definition
AD as a noun:
1. (ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert) = a public promotion of some product or service