| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SKETCHY | Sparse | |
| THIN | Sparse | |
| SCANT | Sparse | |
| THINS | Becomes sparse | |
| LEANEST | Most sparse of build | |
| SPARSELY | In a scattered or sparse manner. | |
| THINNED | Became more sparse so then din broke out | |
| SPARSENESS | The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population. | |
| SPARSE | Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population. | |
| SCATTER | To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order. | |