Fabled baby (3 letters)

{ Answer }

TAR

{ Related Clues }

Besmirch
Blacken
Gob
Pitch
Popeye, for one
Sailor
Salt
Seaman
Black top
Coal byproduct
Coal distillate
Coal product
Cousin of a gob
Driveway surface
Feather's partner
Feathers' partner
Jack-___ (sailor)
Kind of bush
Punish publicly
Ralph Rackstraw
Road binder
Road material
Shale distillate
Stuff in a pit
Dick Deadeye, e.g.
Naval need of old
Ralph Rackstraw, e.g.
Toni Morrison's "___ Baby"

{ Tags }

besmirch, blacken, cigarette, driveway, eg, feathers, gob, goo, material, old, partner, pitch, rackstraw, ralph, road, roofing, sailor, salt, seaman, stuff, tar

{ Notes }

The answer TAR is very common and appears about once every 39 puzzles.

{ 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"