Clues for the word "SCANTY"
We've had 46 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 97 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on March 08, 2026.
Definition of scanty
- a. - Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
- a. - Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
- a. - Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
Referring Clues
- Hardly plentiful
- Thin
- Lean
- Less than needed
- Insufficient
- Exiguous
- Meager
- Like a string bikini
- Inadequate
- Barely sufficient
- Barely adequate
- Like some beach attire
- Like thongs
- Minimal
- Like a bikini
- Scarce
- Barely enough
- Brief
- Hardly abundant
- Like an immodest bathing suit
- Sparse
- Like some beachwear
- Spare
- Hardly enough
- Not sufficient
- Meagre
- Not much can be in an enclosure!
- Little is able to get into the pig's place
- Inadequate lavatory in filthy place
- Revealing
- (Of clothing) barely adequate
- Hardly sufficient
- Skimpy
- Some managers can type, but they are few and far between!
- Lacking in amplitude or quantity
- Quick look at spineless Tory is insufficient
- Read Tory extremists, just a few
- Examine empty trolley that's barely sufficient
- You can see some of this, can't you, though it's barely sufficient
- Lacking in quantity
- Short, being of the Etruscan type?
- Limited
- Read a bit of typing, but not much
- Insufficient in quantity
- Speedo-like
- Read a couple of letters, very brief
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - March 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 31, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 25, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 25, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 02, 2024
- Your Life Choices - March 11, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - March 07, 2024
- New York Times - February 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 12, 2024
- LA Times - November 20, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 02, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 10, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - October 03, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - October 03, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - August 24, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - June 30, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 28, 2023
- New York Times - March 10, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - February 23, 2023
- Your Life Choices - December 26, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - September 06, 2022
- New York Times - May 30, 2022
- Guardian Quick - December 22, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 20, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 12, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - September 11, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - August 29, 2017
- And in 67 more crossword puzzles...