Fancy few (5)

I believe the answer is:

least

(Other definitions for least that I've seen before include "Smallest part" , "Being lowest in importance - gone stale" , "Superlative form of 'little'" , "Smallest, being stale" , "Most slight" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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