The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AFEW , but the solution may also be FEW which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Not many crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AFEW | 49 % | 4 |
| FEW | 41 % | 3 |
| SOME | 3 % | 4 |
| ONEORTWO | 2 % | 8 |
| JUSTAFEW | 1 % | 8 |
| FEM | 1 % | 3 |
| ONLYAFEW | 1 % | 8 |
| ACOUPLE | 1 % | 7 |
| TWO | 1 % | 3 |
| SEVERAL | 1 % | 7 |
| A FEW | 1 % | 5 |
| THREE | 1 % | 5 |
Why may FEW be the right solution?
The answer to "Not many" is "FEW" because "few" means a small number or a small amount, which is the opposite of "many."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Not many
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- not much
- not that
- not really
- hardly ever
- no one
- much less
- not only
- nobody
- fewness
- fewest
- rarely
- nonelect
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result AFEW
- Some
- "___ Good Men"
- Not exactly tons
- The number of theme entries I recognize in a typical 20-Across
- Three or four
- Not many
- Several
- No great trove
- Some, but not many
- Not too many
More clues leading to the result FEW
- "A __ Good Men"
- Not many
- Limited number
- USMC poster word
- Hardly any
- A handful
- A limited number of
- Handful
- Precious amount?
- Small handful
More clues leading to the result SOME
- "____ Like It Hot"
- A few
- Not all
- "__ Like It Hot"
- "___ friend you are!"
- To a degree
- Ending for hand or fear
- A handful
- "___ Girls" (1978 Rolling Stones album)
- A bit
More clues leading to the result ONEORTWO
- Hardly any at all
- A few, usually
- Not too many
- Less than a few
- Not a lot
- Far from oceans
- Indefinite number.
- Very few.
- A few.
- Not many
More clues leading to the result JUSTAFEW
More clues leading to the result FEM
- Not masc.
- Like all whales in the French language (no, really): Abbr.
- Like music and songs in French: Abbr.
- Masc.'s opposite
- Woman, for short
- Pron. type
- Pronoun category (abbr.)
- Like many Sp. nouns
- Not masc. or neut.
- Opposite of masc.
More clues leading to the result ONLYAFEW
More clues leading to the result ACOUPLE
More clues leading to the result TWO
- Enough to tango
- Safety's value in the NFL
- Tango need
- Company quorum
- One and one
- More than one
- Rarely-seen bill
- Tango requirement
- Phone's ABC
- "Terrible" age
More clues leading to the result SEVERAL
- A few
- Quite a few
- A couple two three
- More than a few
- More than two
- Not that many
- Two or three
- Three or four
- Diverse.
- Divers.