The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SALT , but the solution may also be OLDSALT which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Tar crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SALT | 22 % | 4 |
| GOB | 18 % | 3 |
| SWAB | 15 % | 4 |
| SEAMAN | 11 % | 6 |
| SAILOR | 11 % | 6 |
| SEADOG | 6 % | 6 |
| OLDSALT | 4 % | 7 |
| MARINER | 3 % | 7 |
| PAVE | 2 % | 4 |
| LARRUP | 1 % | 6 |
| SEAFARER | 1 % | 8 |
| MATEY | 1 % | 5 |
| BLUEJACKET | 1 % | 10 |
| GROWWEARY | 1 % | 9 |
| SPAREINTHETRUNK | 1 % | 15 |
| OLDSAILOR | 1 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tar
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- asphalt
- jack-tar
- gob
- seafarer
- mariner
- pitch
- seaman
- old salt
- sea dog
- bitumen
- petroleum
- bituminous
Crossword Answer definitions
SALT noun- A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
- One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
- A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
- A sailor (also old salt).
- Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
- A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
- Flavour; taste; seasoning.
- Piquancy; wit; sense.
- A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
- Skepticism and common sense.
- Indignation; outrage; arguing.
- To add salt to.
- To deposit salt as a saline solution.
- To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
- To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
- To include colorful language in.
- To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
- Salty; salted.
- Saline.
- Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
- Bitter; sharp; pungent.
- Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.
- Costly; expensive.
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 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 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 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 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 SAILOR
- Shore-leave taker
- Tar
- "Heave ho" giver, perhaps
- Crew member
- Hand on deck
- Popeye, for one
- Junk man?
- Salt
- Popeye or Bluto
- ___ Moon (anime series)
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 OLDSALT
- Veteran seafarer
- Ancient mariner
- Sea dog
- Seadog
- Veteran sailor
- Ahab or Quint
- Veteran seaman
- Savvy sailor
- Seasoned seaman
- Seasoned seafarer
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 PAVE
- Put down macadam
- Put down tar
- Redo the runway
- Finish the road
- Lay down asphalt
- Lay macadam
- Macadamize
- Redo the road
- Setting of precious stones
- Make a lot?
More clues leading to the result LARRUP
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 MATEY
- British buddy
- Jim, to Long John
- "Ahoy ___!"
- Brit form of chum
- Pal on a ship
- Comradely, in London
- Pirate's pal
- Captain's subordinate, slangily
- Brit's buddy
- Buccaneer's buddy