Answer: SLIM
SLIM is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 168 times.
Referring Clues:
- Meager
 - Insignificant
 - Common cowboy nickname
 - Like some chances
 - Nickname for a 6-foot 140-pounder, say
 - Scanty
 - Fat-free?
 - Not likely
 - Negligible
 - Narrow
 - Slight
 - Poor
 - Willowy
 - Diet
 - Slender
 - ___ to none (long odds)
 - Post-diet, ideally
 - Gracile
 - Spare
 - Unlikely, as chances
 - Meager, as pickings
 - Pickens of "Hee Haw"
 - Lanky cowpoke's nickname
 - Lose weight, with "down"
 - Not very likely
 - Kind of chance
 - Eellike
 - Like a good loser?
 - Poor, as a chance
 - Like some pickings
 - Pickings or Pickens
 - "The Real ___ Shady" (Eminem hit)
 - Slight, as chances
 - Big loser's nickname?
 - Ranch moniker
 - ___ jim (car thief's tool)
 - "The ___ Shady LP" (1999 album)
 - Unlikely
 - Outside, as a chance
 - Like a big loser?
 - __ to none: poor odds
 - __-Fast: dieting product line
 - Like most models
 - Hardly abundant
 - Sylphlike
 - Not good, as a chance
 - Thin
 - Skinny
 - __ to none (long odds)
 - Svelte
 - Jeans specification
 - Shed some weight
 - Not very thick
 - Lanky
 - Hardly likely
 - Reedlike
 - Lanky cowpoke's nickname, perhaps
 - Like some pickings or chances
 - Singer Whitman
 - Like a long shot's chance
 - Not very promising, as chances
 - Slight in structure
 - Like some margins
 - Like Barbie
 - Cowpoke's handle, perhaps
 - Like a long shot's chances
 - Highly unlikely, as a chance
 - Diet successfully
 - Pickens in "Hawmps!"
 - Fat, as a chance
 - Unpromising, as a chance
 - Take off weight
 - Dude ranch nickname
 - Not in need of a diet
 - Lissome
 - Hardly odds-on
 - ___-Fast: dieting product line
 - ___ to none: poor odds
 - Word before Jim or Fast
 - Slight of build
 - Like many runway models
 - Barely better than none?
 - Radio clown and actor Pickens
 - ___ to none
 - With no need to diet
 - Not good, chance-wise
 - Like a long-shot's chances
 - Like a beanpole
 - Post-diet
 - Lose weight
 - Ectomorphic
 - Not at all fat
 - Slight in build
 - Hardly stocky
 - Men's clothing cut
 - Trim down
 - Trifling
 - Poor, as chances
 - Reduce
 - Built like many models
 - Opposite of likely
 - Far from fat
 - Far from obese
 - Highly unlikely, as chances
 - Remote
 - Lithe
 - Nickname for a lanky guy
 - John smith on "Laramie"
 - Not overweight
 - Nickname for a lanky cowboy
 - Not good, as chances
 - Poor, chance-wise
 - Not much, but better than none
 - Not needing to diet
 - Slight of frame
 - Like long shots
 - Like the chance of winning a lottery
 - Like some margins or chances
 - Far-fetched
 - Meager, as chances go
 - Thin out
 - Long, as odds
 - Far from bountiful
 - Like long chances
 - ___ pickings (few options)
 - Unlikely, as odds go
 - Poor, as chances go
 - Nickname in an oater
 - Lean
 - Twiggy
 - Hardly hefty
 - Garment size
 - Slight of girth
 - Improbably long
 - 135 Unlikely, as odds
 - ___ down (lose weight)
 - Sticklike in build
 - Unlikely, as odds
 - Slightly built
 - Like your chances of winning the lottery
 - Slight, as a chance
 - Like 100-to-1 odds
 - Nickname for a really thin guy
 - Poor, as odds
 - Unlikely, as a chance
 - ___ to none: bad odds
 - Pants spec
 - Like small chances
 - Like long odds
 - ___ Jim
 - ___ fit jeans
 - Like unlikely odds
 - Next to nothing, as a chance
 - Improbable
 - Like the odds of finding a needle in a haystack
 - See 88-Across
 - Not great, as chances
 - Like Jack Sprat, one would expect
 - "The chances are ___ to none"
 - Not great, chancewise
 - Rotten, as chances
 - Small, as chances
 - Like the odds of getting dealt a royal flush
 - "Snap into a ___ Jim"
 - Pickens of "Blazing Saddles"
 - Dress shirt fit option
 - Like some margins of victory
 - Word before chance or pickings
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 28, 2025
 - New York Times - October 13, 2025
 - LA Times - July 29, 2025
 - USA Today - May 16, 2025
 - New York Times - February 10, 2025
 - LA Times - January 01, 2025
 - LA Times - December 10, 2024
 - New York Times - November 06, 2024
 - USA Today - October 25, 2024
 - USA Today - July 24, 2024
 - LA Times - March 23, 2024
 - USA Today - March 08, 2024
 - USA Today - February 06, 2024
 - New York Times - October 16, 2023
 - USA Today - September 26, 2023
 - New York Times - July 26, 2023
 - USA Today - April 27, 2023
 - New York Times - March 09, 2023
 - New York Times - February 13, 2023
 - New York Times - October 01, 2022
 
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