The term 'salted away' is a phrase that refers to the act of preserving or storing something for future use. The crossword solutions for this term include 'preserved' (9 letters), 'SEASONED' (8 letters), 'CACHED' (6 letters), 'STASHED' (7 letters), 'hived' (5 letters), 'stored' (6 letters), and 'HOARDED' (7 letters). All of these words refer to the act of setting aside something for later use, either by preserving it, seasoning it, caching it, stashing it, hiving it, storing it, or hoarding it.