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There's not much for John in Sherwood (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

little

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'there's' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for little that I've seen before include "Piddling" , "part of Stuart in film?" , "Self-important authoritarian" , "Small in quantity or degree" , "Diminutive" .)

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