| Not afraid to tell it like it is |
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| Blunt or curt (7) |
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| Rudely abrupt |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Feb 2024 |
| Dash briefly in B&Q, uncle's outside being surly |
The Guardian Quiptic |
27 Feb 2023 |
| Curt |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Jul 2022 |
| Rudely abrupt |
Jonesin |
10 Nov 2020 |
| Abrupt, offhand |
The Times Concise |
06 Oct 2020 |
| Blunt in manner |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
20 Sep 2020 |
| Blunt |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Sep 2020 |
| Rudely abrupt |
USA Today |
18 Aug 2019 |
| Rudely abrupt |
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| Curt, British queen taken in by trick |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Apr 2016 |
| Curt |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Abrupt |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Jan 2016 |
| Curt, blunt |
Irish Times Simplex |
11 May 2015 |
| Curt |
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| Curt |
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| Rudely terse |
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| Short |
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| Short but not sweet |
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| Short but not sweet |
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| Short |
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| Curtly abrupt |
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| Curt |
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| Short in manner |
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| Abrupt in speech |
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| Abrupt |
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| Curt. |
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| Abrupt. |
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