Scanty
Crossword Clue and Answers

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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Evening Standard Easy Crossword.

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 7 Oct 2021
  • The Guardian Quick - Monday, 13 Sep 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Tuesday, 7 Sep 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 30 Jun 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 3 May 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Friday, 29 Jan 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Tuesday, 12 Jan 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 2 Nov 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 2 May 2020
  • The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 5 Jun 2016

Crossword Answers

4 letters

SLIM
Take off weight

THIN
Take off weight

POOR
People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"

BARE
Lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"

5 letters

SHORT
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"

SPARE
A score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls

PANTY
Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)

BRIEF
A condensed written summary or abstract

6 letters

SCARCE
Only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats

MEAGRE
Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

SPARSE
Not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

SKIMPY
Containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

STEPIN
Act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"

PANTIE
Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)

MEAGER
Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

MEAGER Surinder Sobti

8 letters

EXIGUOUS
Extremely scanty; "an exiguous budget"

10 letters

INADEQUATE
Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"

12 letters

INSUFFICIENT
Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

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