The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TAR , but the solution may also be ASPHALT which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
It covers a lot of ground crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAR | 44 % | 3 |
| SOIL | 22 % | 4 |
| IVY | 11 % | 3 |
| ASPHALT | 11 % | 7 |
| GRASS | 11 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: It covers a lot of ground
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- plot
- cover
- piece
- piecing
- drill
- robe
- corselet
- mantle
- roof
- sea
- tip
- waist
Crossword Answer definitions
TAR noun- (usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
- Coal tar.
- A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
- A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.
- Black tar, a form of heroin.
- To coat with tar.
- To besmirch.
- A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
- A file produced by such a program.
- To create a tar archive.
- A Persian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
- A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TAR
- Black gunk
- Defile
- Highway-crew need
- Macadam material
- Pitch
- Pitch yielder
- Roofing material
- Seafarer
- Sticky black stuff
- __ Heel (North Carolinian)
More clues leading to the result SOIL
- Make dirty
- Earth
- Planting medium
- Potting need
- Erosion loss
- Pollute
- Get dirty
- Dirty
- Gardener's medium
- Planter's medium
More clues leading to the result IVY
- College growth?
- College cover
- Brown, e.g.
- Flora on some old buildings
- Wrigley Field flora
- It's often climbing the walls
- Old college building feature
- ___ League
- Boston __
- Campus creeper
More clues leading to the result ASPHALT
- Roof shingle material
- Hard playing surface
- Road material
- Trans Canada Highway surface
- Blacktop
- Road-paving material
- Pavement material
- Material that coats arteries
- Turnpike topper
- Jungle description in a 1950 film noir