When a quantum-chaotic normal conductor is coupled to a superconductor, the random-matrix theory (RMT) predicts that a gap opens up in the excitation spectrum which is of universal size E_g^RMT approx 0.3 hbar/tD, where tD is the mean scattering time between Andreev reflections. We show that a scarred state of long lifetime tS>>tD suppresses the excitation gap over a window Delta E approx 2E_g^RMT which can be much larger than the narrow resonance width Gamma_S=hbar/tS of the scar in the normal system. The minimal value of the excitation gap within this window is given by Gamma_S/2<<E_g^RMT. Via this suppression of the gap to a nonuniversal value, the scarred state can be detected over a much larger energy range than it is in the case when the superconducting terminal is replaced by a normal one.