Old Scratch
The crossword clue "Old Scratch" is answered by DEVIL, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DEVIL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEVIL answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- BEELZEBUB (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DEVIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEVIL, most used first.
- Beelzebub - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Satan - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- New Jersey player - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- New Jersey skater - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Evil one - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Red Halloween costume - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- "Speak of the ___!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Theology figure - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Mischievous one - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- The _____ is in the details - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Old anesthetic - ETHER, used 156 times
- Old-womanish - ANILE, used 155 times
- Old saying - ADAGE, used 127 times
- Old hat - PASSE, used 100 times
- Old enough - OFAGE, used 97 times
- "Old MacDonald" refrain - EIEIO, used 97 times
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