A mere handful
The crossword clue "A mere handful" is answered by FEW, a 3-letter entry. Used 11 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FEW
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FEW answer page.
Used 11 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- NOTTOOMANY (1 uses in xd)
- PRECIOUSFEW (1 uses in xd)
- SCARCELYANY (1 uses in xd)
- TWOORTHREE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for FEW
Every other clue in this collection answered by FEW, most used first.
- Not many - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardly any - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
- Handful - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Not very many - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Small number - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Not a lot - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- "A ___ Good Men" - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- ___ and far between - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Chosen number? - used 16 times, most recently in 2017
- Handful of - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Limited number - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Scarcely any - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Small amount - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- A handful - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Sprinkling - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- The chosen? - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Not a lot of - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- A handful of - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Less than some - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Not too many - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- "The ___, the proud, the Marines" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Babysitter's handful - IMP, used 30 times
- Sitter's handful - IMP, used 24 times
- Little handful - IMP, used 9 times
- Crew member's handful - OAR, used 8 times
- Small handful - IMP, used 8 times
- More than mere intuition - ESP, used 7 times
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