Hardly a mark on the side of the face(6 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Hardly a mark on the side of the face”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 3rd November 2025.

The answer is

S C A R C E

6 letters · most recently seen on 3rd November 2025

Other clues that solve to SCARCE

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.

#36 across Scanty (6) 19th June 2026
#27 across Mark has two keys, though they're in short supply (6) 13th February 2026
#1 across Short (6) 15th December 2025
#26 across Hardly a mark on the side of the face (6) 3rd November 2025
#36 across Short (6) 2nd November 2025
#1 across Rare (6) 3rd February 2025
#34 down In short supply (6) 10th January 2025
#18 across In short supply (6) 10th October 2024
#27 across In short supply (6) 21st June 2024
#3 down Hardly uncommon? (6) 5th February 2024
#27 down Scanty (6) 1st February 2024
#12 down In short supply (6) 8th December 2023
#3 down Common? Hardly! (6) 6th December 2022
#36 across Scanty (6) 17th August 2022
#8 across Hardly rare? (6) 23rd June 2022
#12 across Not abundant (6) 15th April 2022
#8 down Not plentiful (6) 7th January 2022
#18 across Hardly difficult to find? (6) 16th November 2021
#23 down Insufficient (6) 13th July 2021
#18 across Common? Hardly! (6) 15th June 2021
#27 across Mark has two keys, though they're in short supply (6) 5th February 2021
#36 across Scanty (6) 29th January 2021
#1 across Short (6) 4th June 2020
#26 across Hardly a mark on the side of the face (6) 18th May 2020
#36 across Short (6) 6th April 2020
#40 across Rare (6) 17th January 2020
#1 down Short (6) 7th November 2019
#1 across Short (6) 26th September 2019
#36 across Rare (6) 2nd September 2019
#34 down In short supply (6) 7th December 2018
#1 across Rare (6) 29th November 2018
#18 across In short supply (6) 10th July 2018
#27 across In short supply (6) 4th May 2018
#27 down Scanty (6) 4th January 2018

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