Be sparing by necessity(6) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SCRIMP Be sparing by necessity(6) (6)
90% TYRE Spare in a boot (4) Wall Street Journal Feb 25, 2026
85% GUEST Spare room user (5) USA Today Mar 9, 2026
85% PIN Spare part? (3) New York Times Jan 30, 2026
85% TIRE Spare change? (4) Wall Street Journal Jan 12, 2026
81% PBA Org. associated with strikes and spares (3) Premier Sunday Feb 1, 2026
76% FIGLEAF It spares the blushes of bubbly Fife gal (3,4) (7) The Sun Two Speed Mar 11, 2026
76% RESERVE Spare book (7) (7) Puzzler Cryptic Dec 24, 2025
72% APPRAISED Spare iPad somehow given a value (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 16, 2026
72% LEARN Component of basic education adopted by spare master (5) The Times Cryptic Jan 5, 2026
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