| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SPARSITY | Short supply | |
| SPARSE | In short supply | |
| SCANTY | In short supply | |
| INSUFFICIENT | In short supply | |
| SCANT | In short supply | |
| SCARCE | In short supply | |
| SHORT | Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water. | |
| SCARCITY | ...ss of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcit... | |
| FAIL | To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or ... | |