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verb • To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. • To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. • Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc. • To hang outwards. • To press against. • To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen. • To conceal. adjective • (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy. • (of meat) Having little fat. • Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre. • Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient. • Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat. • Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing" | ||||||||
| 34% | 15 | Besides Charlie Chaplin, only film director on Time's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century | ||||||
noun • United States filmmaker (born in 1947) | ||||||||
| 33% | 5 | Member of an early 20th-century French art movement | ||||||
noun • a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism | ||||||||
Least Productive 20Th Century Director Is French Crossword Clue
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LEANEST which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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