Paving material
The crossword clue "Paving material" is answered by TAR, a 3-letter entry. Used 64 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TAR
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAR answer page.
Used 64 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- MACADAM (15 uses in xd)
- ASPHALT (14 uses in xd)
- CEMENT (4 uses in xd)
- BLACKTOP (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for TAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by TAR, most used first.
- Road goo - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Black goo - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Roofing goo - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Old salt - used 67 times, most recently in 2021
- Paving goo - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Black gunk - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- La Brea ___ Pits - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Lawn material - SOD, used 117 times
- Can material - TIN, used 69 times
- Mine material - ORE, used 67 times
- Blasting material - TNT, used 49 times
- Mined material - ORE, used 48 times
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