SPARSE

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SPARSE is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for SPARSE.

139 total results for SPARSE( score: 50 )

37 results for SPARSE from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Mar 20, 2024	49D	Unimpressive, attendance-wise	E. M. Capassakis	Fagliano
Fri Jan 13, 2023	45D	Like the population of Greenland	Brad Wiegmann	Shortz
Sat Dec 31, 2022	1A	Few and far between (5)	Billy Bratton	Shortz
Tue Mar 22, 2022	50D	Few and far between (5)	Adam Wagner	Shortz
Thu Jun 10, 2021	42D	Meager (3)	Sheldon Polonsky	Shortz
Wed Sep 30, 2020	4D	Few and far between (5)	Erik Agard and Andy Kravis	Shortz
Wed May 16, 2018	47D	Few and far between (5)	Jonathan Schmalzbach and Bill Albright	Shortz
Fri Apr 13, 2018	42A	Not abundant	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Mon Dec 19, 2016	30D	Like the population of Wyoming	Jason Mueller	Shortz
Wed Jun 29, 2016	6D	Thinly distributed	John Lampkin	Shortz
Tue Mar 10, 2015	43D	Like people in Yukon Territory	Allan E. Parrish	Shortz
Thu Nov 6, 2014	46A	Like the people of Siberia	Matt Ginsberg	Shortz
Sun Apr 22, 2012	124A	Thin in supply	Paula Gamache and Ed Stein	Shortz
Wed Jan 18, 2012	21A	Like a poor attendance	Chris Handman	Shortz
Mon Sep 6, 2010	9D	Few and far between (5)	Randall J. Hartman	Shortz
Tue Mar 4, 2008	50A	Like trees on a prairie	Kevin Donovan	Shortz
Sun Aug 26, 2007	26D	In short supply	Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper	Shortz
Sun Dec 10, 2006	82D	Meager (3)	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Tue Jan 31, 2006	27A	Scant	Patrick Merrell	Shortz
Wed May 25, 2005	5D	Thinly spread (2)	Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Thu Jan 6, 2005	1A	Like the hair under a comb-over	Robert H. Wolfe	Shortz
Tue Jul 13, 2004	5D	Spread out (3)	Kevan Choset	Shortz
Sat Mar 27, 2004	33A	Thin (3)	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz
Wed Apr 2, 2003	27D	Thinly spread (2)	Kelly Clark	Shortz
Wed Feb 5, 2003	46D	Meager (3)	Ron O'Hair	Shortz
Sun Jun 6, 1999	55A	Spread out (3)	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Sun Jun 8, 1997	66D	Spread out (3)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Wed Jan 8, 1997	25A	Scattered (3)	J. D. Leavy	Shortz
Fri Sep 6, 1996	24A	Scattered (3)	R. Norris	Shortz
Thu Feb 29, 1996	56A	Thin (3)	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Fri Feb 16, 1996	57A	Hardly dense	M. Nosowsky	Shortz
Mon Dec 25, 1995	50D	Not plentiful	Sidney L. Robbins	Shortz
Sun Jun 4, 1995	83A	Scanty	Bryant White	Shortz
Sat Jun 3, 1995	43D	Exiguous	Bob Klahn	Shortz
Sat Dec 10, 1994	64A	Thin (3)	Bryant White	Shortz
Sun Oct 2, 1994	79D	Scattered (3)	Frances Hansen	Shortz
Sun Aug 14, 1994	114D	Uncrowded	Deborah Kathryn Trombley	Shortz

1 result for SPARSE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Apr 7, 2002	Acrostic	P	Like badlands vegetation	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

101 results for SPARSE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Oct 6, 1993	11A	Meager	Louis Sabin	Taub
Sat Jul 31, 1993	5D	Few and far between	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Tue Oct 20, 1992	5D	Few and far between	Wayne Hall-Eastman	Maleska
Tue Oct 13, 1992	26A	Scanty	James L. Beatty	Maleska
Sun Sep 20, 1992	10D	Exiguous	John M. Samson	Maleska
Thu Jul 2, 1992	21D	Underpopulated	Paul Matwychuk	Maleska
Fri Feb 7, 1992	33A	Scanty	James L. Beatty	Maleska
Sun Oct 6, 1991	64A	Meager	Gloria Evans	Maleska
Thu Sep 19, 1991	45A	Thinly populated	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Thu Sep 12, 1991	21D	Meager	Margaret W. Huskey	Maleska
Sun Aug 25, 1991	76A	Meager	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Fri Nov 2, 1990	38D	Scanty	Kevin Boyle	Maleska
Sat Jun 30, 1990	49A	In short supply	Bernard Meren	Maleska
Wed Oct 18, 1989	51A	Scanty	William E. Heinemann	Maleska
Wed Feb 4, 1987	4D	Scant	Tom W. Underhill	Maleska
Mon Aug 18, 1986	9D	Thinly populated	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Sat Jun 7, 1986	32A	Thin	Irene Smullyan	Maleska
Thu Aug 8, 1985	44D	Meager	Martha J. DeWitt	Maleska
Wed Jun 12, 1985	31A	Thinly populated	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sat Apr 16, 1983	55A	Scanty	Louise Earnest	Maleska
Sun Mar 6, 1983	10D	Not dense	Robert H. Wolfe	Maleska
Sun Sep 5, 1982	144A	Meager	Louise Earnest	Maleska
Mon Nov 2, 1981	47A	Occasional	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Wed Dec 17, 1980	33A	Thin	Timothy Hoy	Maleska
Tue Nov 11, 1980	51A	Thin	Carol Dutting	Maleska
Tue Aug 19, 1980	18D	Meager	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Mon Jul 14, 1980	45A	Meager	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Fri Feb 1, 1980	44A	Scant	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Tue Sep 11, 1979	4D	Meager	Federing	Maleska
Sun Apr 1, 1979	76A	Meager	Caroline G. Fitzgerald	Maleska
Tue Feb 27, 1979	18D	Meager	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Sun Aug 6, 1978	31A	Thinly populated	Joseph La Fauci	Maleska
Sat Mar 25, 1978	50A	Thinly scattered	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Wed Feb 22, 1978	37D	Infrequent	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Mon Jan 31, 1977	10D	Rare	Martha J. DeWitt	Weng
Fri Oct 31, 1975	10D	Like receding hair	Sidney L. Robbins	Weng
Fri Mar 28, 1975	18D	Few and far between	Jean Reed	Weng
Sun Oct 6, 1974	80D	Thin	Bert Kruse	Weng
Sun Jun 9, 1974	4A	Thinly diffused	Mel Rosen	Weng
Fri Jan 25, 1974	4D	Thin	Sophie Fierman	Weng
Sun Sep 9, 1973	136A	Thin	Gladys V. Miller	Weng
Thu Jul 26, 1973	30D	Scanty	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jul 15, 1973	106A	Scanty	George Rose Smith	Weng
Sun May 27, 1973	92D	Meager	Nancy W. Atkinson	Weng
Wed May 2, 1973	44D	Meager	Unknown	Weng
Mon Jan 24, 1972	29D	Scanty	Unknown	Weng
Mon Sep 6, 1971	34A	Thinly scattered	Unknown	Weng
Sun May 9, 1971	91D	Scant	Marian Pearce	Weng
Sat Feb 13, 1971	30A	Meager	Unknown	Weng
Sun Nov 29, 1970	93D	Meager	Gladys V. Miller	Weng
Sat Apr 25, 1970	43A	Thin	Unknown	Weng
Sun Feb 22, 1970	95D	Few and far between	Nancy W. Atkinson	Weng
Wed Sep 24, 1969	44A	Meager.	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jul 29, 1969	24A	Not dense.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Aug 27, 1967	46D	Not luxuriant.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Nov 13, 1966	108A	Thinly spread.	Anthony Morse	Farrar
Thu Nov 10, 1966	58A	Scanty.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Sep 9, 1966	47D	Scanty.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 2, 1966	7D	Thinly scattered.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Dec 6, 1964	35A	Scanty.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Mon Sep 28, 1964	32A	Thinly spread.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 23, 1964	1D	Thinly spread.	J. Arensberg and H. Ettenson	Farrar
Tue Apr 7, 1964	19D	Not luxuriant.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu May 30, 1963	5D	Few and far between.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 28, 1963	16A	Thin.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Thu Apr 25, 1963	26A	Not crowded.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jan 25, 1963	47D	Few and far between.	John Byrne	Farrar
Tue Sep 25, 1962	60A	Meager.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 5, 1962	26D	Scanty.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sun Feb 4, 1962	125D	Thinly grown.	Hume R. Craft	Farrar
Tue Apr 25, 1961	31A	Few and far between.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 23, 1961	96D	Scanty.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Dec 25, 1960	10D	Thinly populated.	Eva Pollack Taub	Farrar
Mon Feb 22, 1960	1A	Thinly distributed.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Dec 2, 1958	26D	Few and far between.	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Mon May 26, 1958	1A	Thinly scattered.	Marcia Gladstone	Farrar
Fri Mar 28, 1958	17A	Meager.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Sun Mar 16, 1958	15A	Scanty.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sat Aug 31, 1957	33A	Meager.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Mon Sep 24, 1956	5D	Not thickly grown.	Irving L. Rosenheim	Farrar
Thu Apr 12, 1956	46D	Scantily settled.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Mon Dec 26, 1955	37A	Thinly spread.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Oct 27, 1955	7A	Scanty.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun Oct 2, 1955	84D	Not dense.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Mon Jul 18, 1955	45A	Thin.	Fletcher Coates	Farrar
Mon Jul 19, 1954	46D	Thinly spread.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Wed Jun 9, 1954	46A	Thinly spread.	Ellsworth Smith	Farrar
Tue Mar 16, 1954	10D	Few and far between.	Morton Braun	Farrar
Sun Nov 15, 1953	56D	Scanty.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Wed May 20, 1953	43D	Few and far between.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Sun Apr 5, 1953	86D	Thinly settled.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Fri Mar 6, 1953	45A	Thin.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 22, 1953	35A	Few and far between.	Herbert Arensberg	Farrar
Wed Sep 17, 1952	28A	Thinly scattered.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Aug 18, 1952	33A	Not dense.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Aug 12, 1952	28D	Of few and scattered elements.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 9, 1951	106D	Not thickly settled.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Tue Sep 12, 1950	15D	Thinly scattered.	Margaret P. Farrar	Farrar
Sun Apr 16, 1950	102D	Thin.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Aug 14, 1949	121A	Scanty.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun Dec 3, 1944	105A	Not dense.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

Anagrams:

SPAERS, REPASS, ASPERS, SPARES, PARSES, PRASES, PRESAS, SPEARS, PASSER

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