The Clue
Lean (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SLIM
Tags
Notes
The answer SLIM is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
Related Clues
Diet
Gracile
Insignificant
Meager
Poor
Skinny
Slender
Slight
Svelte
Thin
Worthless
Actir Pickens
Actor Pickens
Actor Summerville
Comedian Summerville
Far from obese
Fat, as a chance
Fat-free?
Kind of chance
Meager, as chances
Not fat
Not likely
Pickens of films
Singer Whitman
Slight, as chances
Unpromising, as a chance
Common cowboy nickname
Dude ranch nickname
Like some pickings
___ to none (long odds)
Not very thick
Old-timer Summerville
Pickings or Pickens preceder
Post-diet, ideally
Actor Summerville: 1892-1946
Nickname for a lanky guy
Not in need of a low-fat diet
Definition
SLIM as a verb:
1. (reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down) = take off weight
SLIM as an adjective:
1. (slender, slight, slim, svelte) = being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
2. (slender, slim) = small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"