In short supply, hard to get: “Good workers are ________ these days.”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| HARD TO COME BY | 7 |
| HARD TO FIND | 6 |
| FEW AND FAR BETWEEN | 4 |
| HARD TO GET | 4 |
| AT A PREMIUM | 3 |
| IN DEMAND | 3 |
| SCARCE | 3 |
| RARE | 2 |
| FEW | 1 |
| LIKE HEN’S TEETH | 1 |
| SCARCE AS HENS’ TEETH | 1 |
| TOUGH TO FIND | 1 |
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