The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCANT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SCANT
- Small vessel with temperature scarcely sufficient
- Insufficient time to finish examination
- Little container found in street
- MRI check, say, with time in short supply
- Examine temperature – not adequate
- Little or no time to follow screening
- Pioneering gardener losing trade in short supply
- Insufficient time after survey
- Thin container found in street
- Hardly any conform to metric system on weight, ultimately
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The straight part
We know that "Very little" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case very little = scant.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SCANT mean?
SCANT adjective- Very little, very few.
- Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
- To limit in amount or share; to stint.
- To fail, or become less; to scantle.
- A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
- A sheet of stone.
- (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
- Scarcity; lack.
- With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.