Short Supreme Court worker (5)

I believe the answer is:

scant

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'short' is the definition.
(I know that short can be written as scant)

'supreme court worker' is the wordplay.
'supreme court' becomes 'sc' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'sc'+'ant'='SCANT'

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(Other definitions for scant that I've seen before include "Little" , "Bare" , "Meagre" , "Barely adequate" , "Hardly any" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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