| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| More pointy, as knees or elbows | ||
| Tougher to fillet, perhaps | LA Times Daily | 30 Aug 2024 |
| Less meaty | LA Times Daily | 28 Aug 2024 |
| More scrawny | The Washington Post | 22 Sep 2019 |
| More scrawny | LA Times Daily | 22 Sep 2019 |
| More scrawny | ||
| More gaunt | Eugene Sheffer | 28 Oct 2017 |
| Less filled out | ||
| More skeletal | ||
| More scrawny | ||
| More gaunt | ||
| More skeletal | ||
| More gaunt | ||
| Unfilleted fish | ||
| More gaunt | ||
| More gaunt | ||
| Less filled out | ||
| Skinnier | ||
| Thinner | ||
| More scrawny | ||
| More gaunt | ||
| Less fleshy | ||
| More osseous | ||
| Thinner. | ||
| Having less embonpoint. |