| EXIGUITY | The quality of being meagre or scarce |
| SLENDER | Shylock's beginning with his job being meagre (7) |
| SPARSE | Meagre or thinly scattered (6) |
| SCANTY | Meagre or deficient (6) |
| SKIMPY | Word for exiguous, meagre or scant, as in clothes, food, knowledge etc (6) |
| MODESTY | The quality of being unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or accomplishments; pudency; or, a panel, piece or veil for covering the bosom or decolletage (7) |
| BLACKMARKET | An illicit traffic in officially controlled or scarce commodities |
| RARE | Uncommon or scarce (4) |
| THIN | Sparse or scarce |
| INFAMY | I live with my third wife in the middle of Penare -- she's wild and has the quality of being well-known for doing bad things (6) |
| TOLERANCE | The quality of being able to accept the beliefs, actions and opinions of others (9) |
| SAFETY | The quality of being secure or free from danger; or, a contrivance designed to prevent injury (6) |
| GAUCHERIE | From the French for "left", the quality of being awkward, clumsy, maladroit or socially inept, apparently as if right-handedly bereft (9) |
| IMPUDENCE | The quality of being rude, insolent or impertinent (9) |
| UNORTHODOXY | The quality of being unconventional in belief, behaviour or custom (11) |
| ESPRIT | The quality of being lively or vivacious (6) |
| NOVELTY | The quality of being new, original or unusual (7) |
| RIGHTEOUSNESS | The quality of being morally right or justifiable (13) |
| SANCTITY | What term describes the quality of being sacred or holy (8) |
| EQUAL | In short, the quality of being the same |
