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2 results for SCRUFF from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Mar 25, 2014	53A	More than just a five o'clock shadow	David Woolf	Shortz
Mon Sep 11, 2000	9D	Back of the neck	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz

3 results for SCRUFF from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 14, 1988	95D	Nape	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Sun Jul 12, 1981	39D	Nape	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Sun Nov 22, 1964	1D	Nape of the neck.	Ralph Anderson	Farrar

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