Clues for the word "PAVE"
We've had 160 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 359 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 04, 2026.
Definition of pave
- n. - The pavement.
- v. t. - To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court.
- v. t. - Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise.
Referring Clues
- Tar
- Prepare, as the way
- Asphalt
- Surface
- Make way?
- Do road work
- Smooth the way
- Smooth
- ___ the way
- ___ the way (lead)
- Work on the street
- Smooth over
- Work with flagstones, say
- Do roadwork
- Finish a drive?
- Cover the driveway
- Smooth, as a drive
- Macadamize, e.g.
- Make a road
- Cover a road
- Cobble, for example
- Tar, maybe
- Cover, in a way
- Put blacktop on
- Cover with concrete
- Lay down a road
- Lay down tarmac
- Do some road work
- Cover with asphalt
- Lay asphalt
- Repair roads
- Lay macadam
- Do some roadwork
- Work on the road
- Create a parking lot
- Repair roadways
- Apply macadam to
- Cover the street
- Finish, as a road
- Work on a roadway
- Put down, as a driveway
- Smooth, as the way
- Asphalt, e.g.
- Cover with blacktop
- Finish the road
- Eschew driveway gravel, maybe
- Cover some ground
- Install a sidewalk
- Cover, as a road
- Apply blacktop to
- Work on a road
- Cover with tar
- Install asphalt
- Cover the road
- Cover with stone, e.g.
- Cover a lot of ground?
- Repair roads, in a way
- Do a cover-up job?
- Ease the way, in a way
- Surface, in a way
- Smooth over, in a way
- Drive off the top?
- Lay down some blacktop
- Get down the road?
- Cover, as a driveway
- Work with tar
- Apply asphalt
- Lay, as a trail
- Cover with cobblestones
- Smooth, in a way
- Ring tightly studded with diamonds
- Fix some potholes
- Macadamize
- Make roads
- Make lots
- Put asphalt over
- Put tar over
- Install, as sidewalks
- Get concrete results on?
- Cover a lot of ground
- Make streets
- Improve a road
- Cobble, e.g.
- Put down asphalt
- Cover the rough parts of town?
- Surface as a street
- Work with tar, perhaps
- Put down flagstone
- Surface, as a road
- Nearly invisible gem setting
- Lay down a sidewalk
- Work on the street, maybe
- Lay bricks, maybe
- Flatten, in a way
- Smooth, perhaps
- Cover ground?
- Smooth (a road)
- Smooth (a highway)
- Cover with flagstone, say
- Cover with interlocking stones, say
- Cover for traffic
- Cover on the street
- Cover with macadam
- Spread concrete on
- Cover with cement
- Put tar down for a road
- Lay a way
- Make a smooth road
- Smooth over, as a street
- Turn into a parking lot
- Make a street
- Put asphalt on
- What to do to update a dirt road
- Make smooth, as a road
- Cover with flags
- Smothered in ketchup, a Venezuelan flag
- Make a lot
- Cover ground, in a way
- Cover with decorative stones, say
- Lay down asphalt
- Dress with stone etc
- Smooth, street-wise
- Cover for vehicles
- Pudding appearing very enticing initially, put on a stone or two?
- Install, as a sidewalk
- Cover with bricks, perhaps
- Lay blacktop on
- Blacktop
- Service roads?
- Prepare the way by giving a muted welcome to
- Decorate with interlocking stones, say
- Lay down tar
- Make car-friendly
- Resurface, as a road
- Prepare for driving?
- Make way?
- Cover with bricks, say
- Surface a road
- Give a smooth surface
- Cover, as with cobblestones
- Prepare for traffic
- Surface, as a boulevard
- Cover, as a cloverleaf
- Make a gravel road smooth
- Upgrade, as a dirt driveway
- Make a street smooth
- Cover on the road
- Cover with cobblestones, say
- Lay asphalt over
- Blacktop a blacktop
- Make a blacktop
- Prepare for parking or driving
- Cover in blacktop, say
- Upgrade a gravel driveway, say
- Cover, like a road
- Cover a lot of ground?
- Make passable, in a way
- Lay concrete on
- Lead (the way)
- Make a lot, say?
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 04, 2026
- New York Times - December 16, 2025
- Daily American - November 17, 2025
- LA Times - November 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 08, 2025
- Daily American - April 01, 2025
- USA Today - March 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 20, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 17, 2025
- New York Times - February 13, 2025
- Family Time - February 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 16, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 30, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 18, 2024
- USA Today - October 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 16, 2024
- LA Times - October 04, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 01, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 24, 2024
- New York Times - September 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - June 09, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 04, 2024
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