The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TARS which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Old salts crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TARS | 78 % | 4 |
| MARINERS | 5 % | 8 |
| SEADOGS | 5 % | 7 |
| NORSEMEN | 5 % | 8 |
| SEAMEN | 2 % | 6 |
| EPSOM | 2 % | 5 |
| HEARTIES | 2 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Old salts
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- jack-tar
- seaman
- mariner
- seafarer
- gob
- tar
- sea dog
- old timer
- old guard
- retirees
- veterans
- oldies
Crossword Answer definitions
TARS 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 TARS
- Old salts
- Gives a tongue-lashing to
- Punishes publically
- Sailors
- Sea dogs
- Swabs
- Surfaces, as a road
- Salts
- Hold hands?
- Crew members
More clues leading to the result MARINERS
- Nintendo-owned team
- Seattle baseballers
- Seattle team
- Griffey's team
- Lou Piniella's nine
- Sailors
- Bluejackets
- Seafarers
- Martin PBM-3's; eyes of the fleet.
- Carney, Duncan, Radford, etc.
More clues leading to the result SEADOGS
- Tars on the main
- Salts
- Sailors on a bark?
- Sailing salts
- Veteran sailors
- Veteran mariners
- Old sailors: colloq.
- Mariners.
- Old sailors.
- Popeye, Deadeye, et al.
More clues leading to the result NORSEMEN
- Vikings, for one
- Erik's people
- Longship crew
- Eric the Red and others
- Scandinavians.
- Vikings.
- Ogier and others.
- Discoverers of America, circa 1000.
- Vikings
- Vinland visitors
More clues leading to the result SEAMEN
- Ejawait ... no ... uh ... "Salts"
- Tars on the main
- Salts
- Naval draftees
- Tars
- Ahab and Queeg
- Gobs
- Old salts
- Mariners
- Sailors
More clues leading to the result EPSOM
- Downs or salts
- English racetrack site
- Foot salts
- __ Downs (English race track)
- ____ salts; old remedy
- Derby site
- Variety of salts
- ___ Downs (English racecourse)
- Horse racing site
- Salt variety