Scruffs Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Scruffs” from the New York Times crossword of November 23, 2025? It has 5 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 23, 2025
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NAPES is the answer to “Scruffs”. It means the back of the neck.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
The back of the neck.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: ASPNE.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Backs of necks (... 1-3)”.
More clues from the New York Times (November 23, 2025)
Across
- 1. Departed unceremoniously?6 letters, starts with EELOPED
- 7. Contained4 letters, starts with HHELD
- 11. Tries to get a rise out of5 letters, starts with BBAITS
- 16. Seeing someone, say7 letters, starts with OONADATE
- 17. "Couldn't agree more!"4 letters, starts with AAMEN
- 18. "Couldn't agree more!"7 letters, starts with HHOWTRUE
- 20. Certain vacation booking in Madrid?13 letters, starts with SSPANISHRAMADA
- 22. Things from a distant land7 letters, starts with EEXOTICA
- 23. Samwise ___, companion of Frodo Baggins6 letters, starts with GGAMGEE
- 24. Number of ancient kings in pre-Republic Rome3 letters, starts with VVII
- 25. Look for4 letters, starts with SSEEK
- 26. Play one's part?3 letters, starts with AACT
- 27. Pants, in slang4 letters, starts with TTROU
- 28. Billions and billions of boutique items?16 letters, starts with OOCTILLIONDRESSES
- 34. One may keep a watch on you5 letters, starts with SSTRAP
- 36. Honest-to-goodness4 letters, starts with RREAL
- 37. Programming pioneer Lovelace3 letters, starts with AADA
- 38. Snooped (around)5 letters, starts with NNOSED
- 39. Exceed6 letters, starts with GGOPAST
- 41. Put out4 letters, starts with MMIFF
- 43. Actress Conn who played Frenchy in "Grease"4 letters, starts with DDIDI
- 44. What Wile E. Coyote thinks before his new purchase backfires?15 letters, starts with AACMETOTHERESCUE
- 49. Indiana pro athlete5 letters, starts with PPACER
- 50. Nest egg inits.3 letters, starts with IIRA
- 51. Nashville-to-Asheville dir.3 letters, starts with EESE
- 52. Big name in kitchenware3 letters, starts with OOXO
- 53. San Francisco's ___ Valley3 letters, starts with NNOE
- 55. Summer hours in L.A.3 letters, starts with PPDT
- 56. Tiny stinger6 letters, starts with RREDANT
- 58. "Pretty please?"4 letters, starts with CCANI
- 60. Bedamn7 letters, starts with AACCURSE
- 63. Activity for a nimble-footed noble in Imperial Russia?19 letters, starts with DDANCINGWITHTHETSARS
- 67. Cocktails with curaçao7 letters, starts with MMAITAIS
- 68. #1, say4 letters, starts with FFAVE
- 69. Like the set of single-digit integers6 letters, starts with FFINITE
- 71. Suffix with 75-Down3 letters, starts with IIZE
- 73. Meeting of the minds?3 letters, starts with EESP
- 74. Many a Yeshiva student3 letters, starts with JJEW
- 75. Kiss ___3 letters, starts with CCAM
- 76. Olive of old cartoons3 letters, starts with OOYL
- 77. Little reminders5 letters, starts with NNOTES
- 79. Figure who might say "Look at me on the cover of all these fashion magazines!"?15 letters, starts with EEGOCENTRICMODEL
- 85. Many a university benefactor, informally4 letters, starts with AALUM
- 86. Mouth-puckering4 letters, starts with SSOUR
- 87. Sport6 letters, starts with HHAVEON
- 88. Observes Ramadan, in a way5 letters, starts with FFASTS
- 90. Sugar suffix3 letters, starts with OOSE
- 91. One might have a "How's My Driving?" bumper sticker4 letters, starts with SSEMI
- 92. Home of eight of the world's 10 tallest mountains5 letters, starts with NNEPAL
- 96. What bridesmaids might point out as the inferior choice while shopping?16 letters, starts with LLESSEROFTWOVEILS
- 101. Bananas4 letters, starts with LLOCO
- 102. Naked ___ jaybird3 letters, starts with AASA
- 103. Contrarian in a nursery rhyme4 letters, starts with MMARY
- 104. Jedi trained by Luke Skywalker3 letters, starts with RREY
- 105. Country singer Yearwood6 letters, starts with TTRISHA
- 107. Tight fit7 letters, starts with SSQUEEZE
- 109. Contents of a murky cauldron? (twice!)13 letters, starts with UUNCLEARPOTION
- 113. Tight formations7 letters, starts with HHUDDLES
- 114. Parking spot?4 letters, starts with SSEAT
- 115. Stop, to a sailor7 letters, starts with HHEAVETO
- 116. Sargasso Sea quartet5 letters, starts with EESSES
- 117. Corner of a diamond4 letters, starts with BBASE
- 118. Buries6 letters, starts with IINTERS
Down
- 1. Fill with love6 letters, starts with EENAMOR
- 2. Love ___8 letters, starts with LLANGUAGE
- 3. Canine frenemy of Garfield4 letters, starts with OODIE
- 4. Leisurely evening walk5 letters, starts with PPASEO
- 5. Addis Ababa's country: Abbr.3 letters, starts with EETH
- 6. German article3 letters, starts with DDER
- 7. Mark who portrayed Luke Skywalker6 letters, starts with HHAMILL
- 8. It may come with attachments5 letters, starts with EEMAIL
- 9. Shepherded3 letters, starts with LLED
- 10. Part of what makes you you3 letters, starts with DDNA
- 11. Ring master?5 letters, starts with BBOXER
- 12. Up, now6 letters, starts with AAWOKEN
- 13. Cousin of Gomez Addams3 letters, starts with IITT
- 14. When the first mammals and dinosaurs appeared14 letters, starts with TTRIASSICPERIOD
- 15. Made it big9 letters, starts with SSUCCEEDED
- 16. Dizzying designs5 letters, starts with OOPART
- 18. Mind4 letters, starts with HHEED
- 19. Grovels8 letters, starts with EEATSDIRT
- 20. Police dept. members4 letters, starts with SSGTS
- 21. Do the Wright thing?6 letters, starts with AAVIATE
- 25. Big fiasco5 letters, starts with SSNAFU
- 29. Jalopy5 letters, starts with CCRATE
- 30. John in the Radio Hall of Fame4 letters, starts with TTESH
- 31. Indignant retort5 letters, starts with IIAMSO
- 32. Like many of Horace's works4 letters, starts with OODIC
- 33. Float component4 letters, starts with SSODA
- 35. Strengths9 letters, starts with PPOTENCIES
- 40. Little reminders7 letters, starts with PPOSTITS
- 42. Metaphorical place of indecision5 letters, starts with FFENCE
- 44. Word with gauge or guitar3 letters, starts with AAIR
- 45. Standing on the street4 letters, starts with CCRED
- 46. It opened in 1835 with a Chamber of Horrors14 letters, starts with MMADAMETUSSAUDS
- 47. Rice-A-___4 letters, starts with RRONI
- 48. Charge to redeem mutual funds7 letters, starts with EEXITFEE
- 49. The national fruit of Japan, the kaki, is a variety of it9 letters, starts with PPERSIMMON
- 54. Stare down7 letters, starts with OOUTFACE
- 57. Japan's largest carrier3 letters, starts with AANA
- 58. Some sci-fi film effects, in brief3 letters, starts with CCGI
- 59. Utterances of disappointment3 letters, starts with AAWS
- 60. 4x4, for one3 letters, starts with AATV
- 61. "Evita" narrator3 letters, starts with CCHE
- 62. Start of many a Latin American city name3 letters, starts with SSAN
- 64. Scruffs5 letters, starts with NNAPES
- 65. Goldie who won a 1969 Oscar for "Cactus Flower"4 letters, starts with HHAWN
- 66. Reason to see an ophthalmologist4 letters, starts with SSTYE
- 70. 90° bend3 letters, starts with EELL
- 71. Very fast8 letters, starts with IINAFLASH
- 72. Reminiscent of a certain French author’s work9 letters, starts with ZZOLAESQUE
- 74. Banana Republic competitor5 letters, starts with JJCREW
- 75. Like some suits5 letters, starts with CCIVIL
- 78. Experts in CPR4 letters, starts with EEMTS
- 80. Comically ridiculous5 letters, starts with GGOOFY
- 81. Send packing4 letters, starts with OOUST
- 82. A dirty look6 letters, starts with TTHEEYE
- 83. Actor Malek of "The Amateur"4 letters, starts with RRAMI
- 84. Approximately 33.8 fluid ounces8 letters, starts with OONELITER
- 89. Mortal mother of Dionysus6 letters, starts with SSEMELE
- 91. Lithe6 letters, starts with SSVELTE
- 93. Puts forward6 letters, starts with PPOSITS
- 94. It may elicit a blessing5 letters, starts with AACHOO
- 95. Advance4 letters, starts with LLOAN
- 97. Tears down5 letters, starts with RRAZES
- 98. Bonanza discoveries4 letters, starts with OORES
- 99. Aquatic apex predators5 letters, starts with OORCAS
- 100. Legendary snake exterminator, familiarly5 letters, starts with SSTPAT
- 106. Emulate a vagabond4 letters, starts with RROVE
- 108. Newsroom V.I.P.s3 letters, starts with EEDS
- 109. Kind of PC port3 letters, starts with UUSB
- 110. Museum-funding org.3 letters, starts with NNEA
- 111. Tuna often served tartare3 letters, starts with AAHI
- 112. Stimpy's cartoon pal3 letters, starts with RREN
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Questions
What is the answer to “Scruffs”?
NAPES, 5 letters: the back of the neck.
When was “Scruffs” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of November 23, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with N.