Mean partner
The crossword clue "Mean partner" is answered by LEAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LEAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEAN answer page.
Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LEAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEAN, most used first.
- Low in fat - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- Tilt - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Spare - used 80 times, most recently in 2020
- Low-fat - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Slender - used 53 times, most recently in 2024
- Incline - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Tilt to one side - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Thin - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Not fatty - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Economical - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Skinny - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Be inclined - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Meager - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
- Jack Sprat's diet - used 13 times, most recently in 2004
- Slant - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Sprat's preference - used 13 times, most recently in 2006
- Like some meat - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Gravitate (toward) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- "Lawrence of Arabia" director - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
- Like Jack Sprat's diet - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Tilt a bit - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Free of fat - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Having little fat - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- "___ on Me" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Slim - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Depend (on) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Lanky - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Show bias - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Containing little fat - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Free from fat - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Gaunt - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Hamburger grade - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Low-fat, as meat - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Rely (on) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Sparse - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Sprat's diet - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Tend - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Trimmed of fat - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Desirable to dieters - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Have a bias - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- In fighting trim - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Jack Sprat's choice - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Mrs. Sprat's no-no - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Tend (towards) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Currier's partner - IVES, used 222 times
- Partner - MATE, used 86 times
- Ollie's partner - STAN, used 83 times
- Dance partner? - SONG, used 67 times
- Radius partner - ULNA, used 66 times
- Sciences' partner - ARTS, used 64 times
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