Clues for the word "SCARCE"
We've had 82 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 193 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on December 15, 2025.
Definition of scarce
- superl. - Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
- superl. - Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.
- superl. - Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.
- adv. - Alt. of Scarcely
Referring Clues
- Like hen's teeth
- Like cabs on a rainy day
- Numismatist's description
- Like capital letters in many E. E. Cummings poems
- Limited
- Hard to find
- Rare
- Like hens' teeth
- Seldom seen
- Hard to dig up
- Not easy to come by
- Rarely encountered
- Inadequate
- Few and far between
- Not abundant
- In short supply
- Something to make yourself
- Hard to come by
- "Make yourself ___"
- See 75D
- Uncommon
- Infrequent
- "Make yourself ___!"
- Like embargoed goods
- Pretty hard to find
- Not widely available
- Hard to get
- Hard to obtain
- Not around much
- Very limited
- Not at all abundant
- Like water in the desert
- Not often found
- Unplentiful
- Like rationing candidates
- ___ as hen's teeth (rather rare)
- Like collectible items
- Hardly plentiful
- What you might "make yourself"
- Deficient
- What the crowd is for starter bands
- Start with carbon sequestration - it's lacking
- Scanty
- Common? Hardly!
- Hardly difficult to find?
- Gangster eliminating Fanny Adams is hard to find
- What many in panic make themselves
- Panic when the key hidden in it is hard to find
- Many in panic found wanting
- A fear of catching cold is rare
- Insufficient to frighten many into
- Hardly uncommon?
- Having clear head in panic is unusual
- Many in shock but hard to find
- Rare shock, leader in competition getting held
- A blemish on the church is seldom found
- Panic, being about a hundred short
- Falling short of demand
- Hood lacks subdominant character, which is rare
- Vehicle blocking middle of descent, so hard to come by
- Letters from Oscar certainly seem few and far between
- Rare as hen's teeth
- Few would deface church
- Mark's chief executive initially hard to find
- Not plentiful
- Like 1909's 39-Across
- Church leader in panic found wanting
- Unwarranted alarm about carbon being in short supply
- Not often seen
- Like hens' teeth, so it's said
- Short
- More common than rare
- Mark has two keys, though they're in short supply
- Not at all plentiful
- Insufficient
- Not seen a lot
- Hardly difficult to find?
- Hardly rare?
- Opposite of abundant
- Hardly uncommon?
- Not easy to find
- Hardly a mark on the side of the face
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - December 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 03, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 08, 2025
- New York Times - July 20, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 10, 2025
- Mirror Mini - June 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 03, 2025
- Mirror Mini - February 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 19, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 12, 2024
- New York Times - November 21, 2024
- Mirror Mini - October 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 19, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 21, 2024
- New York Times - April 11, 2024
- Daily Quick - April 05, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - March 07, 2024
- Daily Quick - February 20, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - February 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 01, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - January 26, 2024
- And in 163 more crossword puzzles...