Scant (6)

There are a few possibilities for this:

meagre

sparse

meager

'scant' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for sparse that I've seen before include "Rare" , "Meagre, thin on the ground" , "Scarce like thinning hair" , "not packed together" , "Infrequent" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, The Irish Independent, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Penny Press, the Evening Standard and The Mirror.

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