The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TAR which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2021.
Sailor crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAR | 47 % | 3 |
| GOB | 12 % | 3 |
| SEAMAN | 8 % | 6 |
| SALT | 5 % | 4 |
| SWAB | 5 % | 4 |
| SEAFARER | 4 % | 8 |
| MARINER | 4 % | 7 |
| HAT | 4 % | 3 |
| BLUEJACKET | 2 % | 10 |
| MIDDY | 1 % | 5 |
| CREWMAN | 1 % | 7 |
| SWABBY | 1 % | 6 |
| SEADOG | 1 % | 6 |
| CAPTAINAHAB | 1 % | 11 |
| DECKHAND | 1 % | 8 |
| SEMN | 1 % | 4 |
| SHIPMAN | 1 % | 7 |
| ENOCHARDEN | 1 % | 10 |
| JACKTAR | 1 % | 7 |
| JACK | 1 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sailor
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crewman
- bluejacket
- boater
- skimmer
- straw hat
- panama
- leghorn
- navy man
- sailor boy
- deckhand
- seafarer
- shipman
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 GOB
- Tar
- One who takes liberties
- Seaman
- Sea salt
- "Arrested Development" brother
- Jack-tar
- Sailor
- Sloppy lump
- Big wet hunk
- Squishy mass
More clues leading to the result SEAMAN
- Nellie Bly
- Tar
- On the water
- "Master and Commander" extra
- "Able" military figure
- Navy recruit
- Hand on deck
- Landlubber's opposite
- Mariner
- Queeg or Queequeg
More clues leading to the result SALT
- NaCI
- NaCl
- Seadog
- Skeptic's grain
- 1972 pact
- Popcorn add-on
- Pretzel topper
- Season
- Soluble compound
- It melts the ice
More clues leading to the result SWAB
- Cotton ball
- He may be on deck
- Mop, as the deck
- Clean the deck
- Sea dog
- Wipe up
- Tar
- Q-tip
- Mariner's mop
- Clean with a mop
More clues leading to the result SEAFARER
- Mariner
- Columbus, e.g.
- Old salt
- Early explorer, of necessity
- Sinbad, for one
- Jason, for one
- Sailor
- McGinty, for instance.
- Sailor.
- Conrad, as a young man.
More clues leading to the result MARINER
- Sailor
- NASA program that was the first to photograph another planet
- Seaman
- See 33 Across
- First mission to make a successful planetary flyby
- Ancient sailor, in a rime
- Seafarer
- Seattle centerfielder, e.g.
- Safeco Field ballplayer
- Ancient Coleridge character
More clues leading to the result HAT
- Bad-hair day helper
- Porkpie or Panama
- Ring toss?
- Topper
- "Top __" (Astaire flick)
- Bowler or derby
- Bowler or sailor
- It's over your head
- Tricorn or bowler
- Mexican ___ dance
More clues leading to the result BLUEJACKET
More clues leading to the result MIDDY
- Future ensign
- Annapolis student
- Annapolis student, familiarly
- Sailor.
- Loose blouse.
- Annapolis man: Colloq.
- Student at Annapolis: Colloq.
- Kind of blouse.
- Blouse.
- Type of blouse.
More clues leading to the result CREWMAN
More clues leading to the result SWABBY
More clues leading to the result SEADOG
- Popeye, for one
- Seasoned salt?
- Old salt
- Veteran sailor
- Experienced sailor
- Salt
- Grizzled gob
- Seasoned sailor
- "Pequod" crewman
- Skilled sailor
More clues leading to the result CAPTAINAHAB
- 1956 Gregory Peck role
- SAILOR
- His last words were "Thus, I give up the spear!"
- "From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee" speaker
- Character in 9- & 59-Across
- To whom Stubb and Flask answered, in literature
More clues leading to the result DECKHAND
More clues leading to the result SEMN
More clues leading to the result SHIPMAN
More clues leading to the result ENOCHARDEN
- Poem featuring the line "Now when the dead man come to life beheld / His wife his wife no more"
- SAILOR