Answer: NAPE
NAPE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 178 times.
Referring Clues:
- Back of the neck
 - Place to be picked up?
 - Scruff
 - Neck part
 - Mane area
 - Pickup spot?
 - Where a puppy may be picked up
 - Puppy pickup point
 - Shirt tag irritation point
 - Spot for a necklace clasp
 - Pickup point?
 - Resting place for a chignon
 - Occiput neighbor
 - Bun's place
 - Where a rabbit punch lands
 - Shoulder adjoiner
 - Place to pick up kittens
 - Barbering area
 - Collar neighbor
 - Where a haircut may end
 - Pick-up spot?
 - A barber may shave this
 - Mane site
 - Collar's locale
 - Target of a rabbit punch
 - Area below the hairline
 - View from the back seat?
 - Place brushed by a barber
 - Rabbit punch landing site
 - Kitty's pickup point
 - Pickup place for pets
 - Where a redneck gets red
 - Pickup spot, if you're an animal
 - Place to pick up an animal
 - Neck area
 - Neck section
 - A shirt tag may tickle it
 - Mane location
 - Neck part tickled by a shirt tag
 - Kitten-lifting spot
 - Scruffy location?
 - Spot for a mane
 - Hackles location
 - Necklace clasp resting place
 - Withers neighbor
 - It can get hot under the collar
 - Kitten-grabbing spot
 - Area below the hairline, usually
 - View from the rear?
 - Place to apply sunblock
 - Scruff of the neck
 - What a shirt collar covers
 - Mane locale
 - Neck feature
 - Tag irritation point
 - Nucha
 - Mane setting
 - Hackles are raised here
 - Scarf's resting place
 - Hair raising place
 - Mane spot
 - Neck piece?
 - Place for pick-ups
 - Place for a necklace clasp
 - Where a pain in the neck might be
 - Kitty pickup spot
 - Rabbit punch target
 - Back side of the neck
 - Shirt tag place
 - It's often cleaned up by a barber
 - A turtleneck tag may scratch it
 - Puppy pickup spot
 - Mane place
 - Golfer's sunburn spot
 - Ponytail site
 - Place to pick up a kitten
 - Where some haircuts stop
 - Vulnerable spot on a kitten
 - Place for a pickup?
 - Place for a pickup?
 - Pickup point for pets
 - It may be brushed off by a barber
 - It may be brushed off by a barber
 - Place to pick up a puppy
 - Common sunburn spot
 - The back of the neck
 - Neck region
 - One place to pick up a cat
 - Neck back
 - What a scarf covers
 - Wht a scarf covers
 - Ponytail locale
 - Collar site
 - Collar site
 - Collar site
 - Collar site
 - Collar site
 - A ponytail hangs over it
 - The clasp of a necklace may sit on it
 - A mullet covers it
 - It's obscured by long hair
 - Where hackles rise
 - Spot for a farm laborer's sunburn
 - It may get hot under your collar
 - A turtleneck tag may irritate it
 - It's hidden by a ponytail
 - End of a haircut?
 - Scrag
 - Barbering spot
 - It's behind a collar
 - What a ponytail covers
 - Kitten's scruff
 - One place to apply sunblock
 - Massager's target area, at times
 - What a collar covers
 - Site of a ringdove's ring
 - What a collar surrounds
 - Where a clasp may rest
 - Kitten handle, for its mother
 - Neck's scruff
 - Where a turtleneck label may rub
 - Nuzzling spot, maybe
 - Place to pick up some pets
 - View from behind?
 - Rabbit punch location
 - Where a ducktail tapers
 - What a collar may cover
 - Kennel pickup area
 - It may be covered by a wig
 - What's exposed by a ponytail
 - Back of one's neck
 - It might get hot under the collar
 - Neck scruff
 - Mane region
 - Base of the neck
 - Kitten's pickup spot
 - Cub handle?
 - Scruff's site
 - Area under a necklace clasp
 - What a ponytail partly covers
 - Common spot for a sunburn
 - A scarf can protect it
 - What a ponytail partially covers
 - Litter pickup spot?
 - Where small animals may be picked up
 - Place for a shirt tag
 - Pickup place?
 - Farmer's tanned area, typically
 - A shirt tag may irritate it
 - Shaved neck part
 - Barbered spot
 - Mane's place
 - Spot under a necklace clasp
 - Shirt tag locale
 - What a kitten is picked up by
 - A scarf might cover it
 - Part of the neck
 - Travel pillow spot
 - It's shaved for an undercut
 - Where a cat may be picked up
 - Tough spot to self-trim hair
 - A collar might hide it
 - It's at one end of the back
 - It may get hot under the collar
 - Necklace-fastening site
 - Part of the body covered by a mullet
 - Resting spot for some buns
 - Place for a ponytail
 - Body part covered by a mullet
 - Body part under a low bun
 - Part of yourself that you can't see without two mirrors
 - Part shaded by a backward cap
 - Place to pick up a puppy, perhaps
 - Ponytail place
 - Cat's "handle" for her kitten
 - Where a cat picks up her kitten
 - Area hidden by a turtleneck
 - Litter pickup area?
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - October 23, 2025
 - USA Today - August 18, 2025
 - New York Times - June 06, 2025
 - LA Times - May 28, 2025
 - USA Today - May 07, 2025
 - New York Times - March 25, 2025
 - USA Today - February 03, 2025
 - New York Times - January 22, 2025
 - LA Times - November 23, 2024
 - New York Times - September 14, 2024
 - LA Times - September 11, 2024
 - LA Times - August 28, 2024
 - New York Times - July 20, 2024
 - New York Times - July 18, 2024
 - LA Times - April 24, 2024
 - LA Times - April 16, 2024
 - New York Times - February 15, 2024
 - LA Times - January 03, 2024
 - New York Times - October 18, 2023
 - New York Times - June 26, 2023
 
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