Insufficient for the demand (6)

I believe the answer is:

scarce

(Other definitions for scarce that I've seen before include "Scant, meagre" , "Not enough to meet demand" , "Deficient in quantity" , "Rare shock Conservative getting in" , "Common? Definitely not" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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