Shortage less than beneficial in a new diet (7) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DEFICIT Shortage less than beneficial in a new diet (7) (7)
6% SCARCITY Shortage (8) Universal Dec 19, 2025
5% DEMONIC Protest less than polite, altogether fiendish (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Jan 9, 2026
5% MINUS Less (5) The Telegraph Quick Jan 5, 2026
5% IMPEACH Charge new iPhone less on Mac (7) The Telegraph Toughie Dec 25, 2025
5% RESPECTED Thought highly of new diet with crepes? Not I! (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 23, 2025
5% DEARTH Deficiency, shortage (6) The Times Concise Dec 17, 2025
5% MORE __ or less (4) Commuter Dec 16, 2025
5% TEPID Indifferent to pressure in new diet (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Dec 15, 2025
5% EUR It's traded more than the JPY but less than the USD (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 11, 2025
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