| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Increasingly feeble wordplay Everyman offered with hesitant expression | ||
| More piddling | New York Times | 04 Apr 2024 |
| Less significant | Universal | 15 May 2023 |
| More inadequate | Newsday | 01 Aug 2021 |
| More feeble play on words? That is right | The Telegraph Cryptic | 02 Apr 2020 |
| Smaller and weaker | The Washington Post | 04 Feb 2020 |
| Smaller and weaker | LA Times Daily | 04 Feb 2020 |
| Smaller and weaker | ||
| More insignificant | ||
| More runtish | ||
| Not nearly as strong | ||
| More undersized | ||
| Of lesser size | ||
| Less significant | ||
| Stunted | ||
| Less important | ||
| More Lilliputian |