Related Clues:

• Blackens the road
• Installs, as a driveway
• Salts
• Covers in goo
• Smears
• See 87-Down
• Pequod's crew, e.g.
• Adds pitch to a roof?
• Smelling things
• Preserves, perhaps
• Prepares to feather
• Seasons, as popcorn
• Readies for feathering
• Paves the way?
• Popeye's buddies