The Clue
Smoker's intake (3 letter answer)
The Answer
TAR
Tags
Notes
The answer TAR is very common and appears about once every 39 puzzles.
Related Clues
Besmirch
Blacken
Defile
___ and feather
Gob
Limey
Mariner
Pitch
Popeye, for one
Sailor
Salt
Seaman
Cigarette stuff
Cigarette substance
Coal byproduct
Coal product
Fabled baby
Feather stickum
Feather's companion
Feather's partner
Gob's relative
Old salt
Paving material
Pinafore crewman
Pit sight
Pit stuff
Ralph Rackstraw
Road material
Roofing material
Sailor, colloquially
Stuff for surfacing
Br'er Fox's baby
Concern of some smokers
Contents of some pits
Dick Deadeye, e.g.
Kind of oil or sand
La Brea goop
Road surfacing material
Subject of a cigarette rating
Contents of a La Brea pit
Old-time punishment need
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"