The term COOKED LESS is a culinary term that refers to food that has been cooked for a shorter amount of time than usual. The crossword solutions RARER and RAWER both refer to food that has been cooked less than usual. RARER is used to describe food that has been cooked for a very short amount of time, while RAWER is used to describe food that has been cooked for a slightly longer amount of time than RARER.