The Clue
Paves (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TARS
Tags
Notes
The answer TARS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
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Blackens
Gobs
Sailors
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Seamen
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Crew members
Crew team?
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Deck hands
Drake's men
Hands on deck
Hold hands?
Kin of gobs
Navy men
Old salts
Partner of feathers
Rackstraw's colleagues
Sea dogs
Surfaces, in a way
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Punishes in an old way
Blackens, as a reputation
Wood and coal derivatives
Definition
TAR as a noun:
1. (pitch, tar) = any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
2. (mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog) = a man who serves as a sailor
TAR as a verb:
1. coat with tar; "tar the roof"; "tar the roads"