Have scruples
The crossword clue "Have scruples" is answered by DEMUR, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2002; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DEMUR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEMUR answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2002; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DEMUR
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEMUR, most used first.
- Take exception - used 56 times, most recently in 2023
- Object - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Raise objections - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Voice an objection - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Hesitate. - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Object (to) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Show reluctance - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Voice opposition - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Has to have - NEEDS, used 111 times
- Have a feeling - SENSE, used 100 times
- Good thing to have - ASSET, used 62 times
- Have a hunch - SENSE, used 58 times
- Must have - NEEDS, used 56 times
- Have faith in - TRUST, used 54 times
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