Minor

The answer

LESSER

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LESSER answer page.

Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 5 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.

• URSA (113 uses in xd)
• ASIA (102 uses in xd)
• PETTY (9 uses in xd)
• SMALL (5 uses in xd)
• CHILD (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for LESSER

Every other clue in this collection answered by LESSER, most used first.

• Inferior - used 32 times, most recently in 2022
• ___ Antilles - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
• ___ of two evils - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Not as important - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• "Children of a ___ God" - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Secondary - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Smaller. - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• The ___ of two evils - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Like one of two evils - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• One of two evils - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Second-rate - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Not so great - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Minor setback - HICCUP, used 17 times
• Minor injury - SCRAPE, used 13 times
• Minor quake - TREMOR, used 12 times
• Minor earthquake - TREMOR, used 10 times
• __ bender; minor accident - FENDER, used 7 times
• Minor malfunction - GLITCH, used 7 times

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