Road surface.
The crossword clue "Road surface." is answered by TAR, a 3-letter entry. Used 41 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 9 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 41 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 9 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 (7 uses in xd)
- PAVEMENT (3 uses in xd)
- ASPHALT (2 uses in xd)
- BLACKTOP (1 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
- 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
- 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
- Road gunk - 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.
- Wrestling surface - MAT, used 146 times
- Rink surface - ICE, used 96 times
- Road curve - ESS, used 70 times
- Curling surface - ICE, used 60 times
- Hockey surface - ICE, used 59 times
- Yoga surface - MAT, used 59 times
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