Scruff of the neck
The crossword clue "Scruff of the neck" is answered by NAPE, a 4-letter entry. Used 39 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
NAPE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAPE answer page.
Used 39 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NAPE
Every other clue in this collection answered by NAPE, most used first.
- Back of the neck - used 264 times, most recently in 2026
- Scruff - used 202 times, most recently in 2026
- Neck part - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
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