Road gunk

The answer

TAR

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAR answer page.

Used 29 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Paving material - 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
• Road surface. - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
• Gob - used 40 times, most recently in 2022
• Road sealer - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Seaman - used 39 times, most recently in 2016
• La Brea goo - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Driveway material - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Road crew's supply - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Cigarette substance - used 29 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.

• Road curve - ESS, used 70 times
• Road rescue - TOW, used 50 times
• Road map abbr. - RTE, used 38 times
• Sport-___ (off-road vehicle) - UTE, used 37 times
• "On the Road" narrator - SAL, used 32 times
• "___ TURN" (road sign) - NOU, used 29 times

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