A press release that's pretty thin?(6 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “A press release that's pretty thin?”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 23rd September 2025.

The answer is

S P A R S E

6 letters · most recently seen on 23rd September 2025

Other clues that solve to SPARSE

The same answer often re-appears with different clues over the years. Tap a clue to open its answer page, or the date to jump straight to that day's puzzle.

#9 across Scanty (6) 6th June 2026
#23 down A press release that's pretty thin? (6) 23rd September 2025
#22 down Scattered, scanty (6) 17th September 2025
#4 across Scattered, scanty (6) 14th August 2025
#1 down Scanty (6) 29th April 2025
#11 across Scattered, scanty (6) 7th April 2025
#35 across Scanty (6) 11th February 2025
#1 down Scanty (6) 27th January 2025
#22 down Thin spears can break (6) 14th November 2024
#1 down Scarce (6) 15th August 2024
#36 down In extra small, few and far between (6) 2nd August 2024
#23 down Scanty (6) 23rd April 2024
#1 down Scanty (6) 29th February 2024
#5 across Scanty (6) 30th January 2024
#4 across Scattered, scanty (6) 27th December 2023
#18 down Scanty (6) 21st September 2023
#1 down Scanty (6) 7th August 2023
#34 across Scanty (6) 19th January 2023
#22 down Thin because squashed in a press? (6) 29th November 2022
#1 across Scanty (6) 14th October 2022
#34 down Going through the extra small: they’re in short supply (6) 22nd April 2022
#11 across Scanty (6) 19th January 2022
#34 across Scanty (6) 7th October 2021
#9 across Scanty (6) 12th January 2021
#37 down Not dense (6) 24th July 2020
#23 down A press release that’s pretty thin? (6) 5th March 2020
#22 down Scattered, scanty (6) 11th February 2020
#36 down In extra small, few and far between (6) 23rd August 2019
#1 down Scanty (6) 12th February 2019
#11 across Scattered, scanty (6) 19th December 2018
#35 across Scanty (6) 7th December 2018
#1 down Scanty (6) 22nd November 2018
#31 across Thin on the ground (6) 5th October 2018
#22 down Thin spears can break (6) 21st August 2018
#1 down Scarce (6) 28th June 2018
#23 down Scanty (6) 8th February 2018
#1 down Scanty (6) 1st February 2018
#5 across Scanty (6) 2nd January 2018

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 23rd September 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 down Rubbish many can't stomach (5)
#2 down The use of ale, it could be said (5)
#3 down Varsity man's word for murder? (4)
#4 across Struggles to exercise extraordinary gifts, getting out of breath (6)
#4 down Tuck, perhaps (5)
#5 down A certain bitterness is good for everybody (4)
#6 down The householder's occupation (6)
#7 across Just the weapon to turn the tables? (8)
#8 across Country you can possibly sail round at last (6)
#9 down Saying nothing about naval service (6)
#10 across That elegant grace porpoises have (5)