Clues for the word "SCUFF"
We've had 34 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 52 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on February 04, 2026.
Definition of scuff
- n. - The back part of the neck; the scruff.
- v. i. - To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
Referring Clues
- Shoe blemish
- Leave a mark on, as shoes
- Shoe mark
- Scratch on a shoe
- Walk without lifting the feet
- Take the shine off
- Put a mark on, as a baseball
- Put a mark on, maybe
- Shoe damage
- Shoe imperfection
- Wing-tip flaw
- Loafer mark
- House slipper
- Shoeshine spoiler
- Shoe-polish target
- Converse problem?
- Mess up a shoe
- Mess up, as a new shoe
- Dirty (up)
- Be a bad pitcher?
- Oxford mark
- Slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- Shining target
- Slight blemish
- Abrade the cuffs, possibly
- Starts to swing club up - "Fore!" - finishes in rough
- Mar a new shoe
- Scrape
- Rub quarter with part of sleeve
- Abrade the cuffs?
- Abrade the cuffs badly?
- Shoe woe
- Mark that proves foot-dragging occurred
- Mark on a freshly polished shoe
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 22, 2026
- New York Times - October 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 31, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - January 23, 2018
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 18, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - September 08, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 22, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 12, 2016
- New York Times - April 09, 2016
- LA Times - September 25, 2015
- LA Times - September 06, 2015
- Universal - April 22, 2015
- USA Today - April 15, 2015
- Washington Post - October 14, 2014
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 23, 2014
- Universal - November 16, 2013
- LA Times Sunday - August 18, 2013
- Netword - April 23, 2013
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 11, 2012
- Onion A.V. Club - September 26, 2012
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 16, 2011
- LA Times - June 22, 2011
- And in 22 more crossword puzzles...