Scatters messily

The answer to “Scatters messily” in the New York Times crossword is STREWS — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on August 30, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 46-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Scatters messily” answer

STREWS (6 letters)

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What does STREWS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of STREWS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Scatters messily” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 30, 2026 (most recent) → STREWS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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