Answer: SCARLET
SCARLET is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 29 times.
Referring Clues:
- Like a tanager
 - Blood-red
 - Bright red
 - Color similar to poppy
 - Flagrantly offensive
 - Tanager's tone
 - Miss __ (Clue suspect)
 - Red shade
 - Like an infamous "A"
 - Vivid red
 - Miss ___ (Clue suspect)
 - You don't want to get an A in it
 - Bright hue
 - Red
 - Like Hester's 'A'
 - Red hue
 - Shade of red
 - Paint color
 - Like the "A" in a Hawthorne classic
 - "The ___ Ruse"
 - Miss in the game of Clue
 - Reddish color
 - Showing deep embarrassment
 - Kind of letter
 - Sin color?
 - Brilliant red
 - Hester Prynne's letter color
 - With 38-Across, symbols of a scandal ... or what 16-, 23-, 47- and 58-Across consist of (in their entirety)?
 - Brilliant red shade
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - June 04, 2025
 - New York Times - July 24, 2023
 - LA Times - August 12, 2022
 - LA Times - February 08, 2022
 - USA Today - September 26, 2019
 - Netword - June 10, 2019
 - Universal - March 12, 2017
 - Universal - August 19, 2016
 - Universal - December 20, 2015
 - Universal - October 23, 2015
 - LA Times - October 06, 2015
 - LA Times Sunday - December 07, 2014
 - LA Times - March 24, 2014
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 04, 2013
 - Wall Street Journal - May 03, 2013
 - Netword - December 15, 2012
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 12, 2012
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 30, 2012
 - Universal - July 08, 2012
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 21, 2012
 
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