"Guests, like fish, ___ to smell after three days", per Ben Franklin Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BEGIN "Guests, like fish, ___ to smell after three days", per Ben Franklin (5)
5% DIEM Word after carpe or per (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 30, 2025
5% PENN Ivy League school with a statue of Ben Franklin (4) New York Times Mini Nov 20, 2025
5% ELI Sleeper at New England's Ben Franklin College (3) Newsday Nov 20, 2025
5% GUESTS "___, like fish, begin to smell after three days" (6) Universal Feb 7, 2021
4% APOP Per (4) USA Today Jan 12, 2026
4% EELS Snake-like fishes (4) The Times Concise Jan 9, 2026
4% TENCH Fish smell when head is cut off (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed Jan 9, 2026
4% THU Day after Wednesday, for short (3)
4% HUNDO Bill with Franklin, informally (5) The Atlantic Jan 4, 2026
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