| The Big ___, Wall Street movie (5) |
|
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| Crisp & crumbly (5) |
|
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| Not quite able to pay |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jun 2025 |
| Taking little time |
Newsday |
17 Jun 2025 |
| Of little length (5) |
Mirror Classic |
12 Jun 2025 |
| Hydrogen detected in class is not extensive (5) |
|
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| Try to get a right in, to be succinct (5) |
|
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| Blow a fuse due to incomplete lap (5-7) |
|
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| Any brief film (5) |
|
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| Film series or movie (5) |
|
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| Without enough cash for the bill |
|
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| Dram of type drunkard says? |
|
|
| Concise, brief |
Puzzler Backwords |
08 May 2025 |
| Brief in duration |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Oliver Putnam in Hulu series Only Murders In The Building (6,5) |
|
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| Try right through to be brief (5) |
|
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| Attempt to get a run, in brief (5) |
|
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| Snappish, but not for long (5) |
|
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| Faulty connection, but not for long |
|
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| Electrical trouble - small (5) |
|
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| Momentary drink |
Mirror Cryptic |
13 Feb 2025 |
| Brief |
Mirror Quick |
13 Feb 2025 |
| Like some stories |
LA Times Daily |
09 Feb 2025 |
| 1993 Robert Altman comedy-drama based on works by Raymond Carver (5,4) (13A) |
|
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| & 13A 1993 Robert Altman comedy-drama based on works by Raymond Carver (5,4) |
Mirror Quiz |
01 Feb 2025 |
| Not long (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Lacking, but not for long |
|
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| In brief, you're lacking cash (5) |
|
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| Why there's a blackout for a little (5) |
|
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| Martin _, Father of the Bride actor (5) |
|
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| Momentary drink |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Brief |
Mirror Quick |
16 Jan 2025 |
| "Vertically challenged" |
New York Times Mini |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Sort of drink one hasn't enough to pay for? (5) |
|
|
| In the red |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Not long from end to end (5) |
|
|
| Brief report round mid March |
|
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| Laconic pronouncements welcomed by guilty parties! (5,9) |
|
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| Wanting |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2024 |
| Terse; brusque (5) |
|
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| Unable to pay |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Dec 2024 |
| ___-order cook |
Commuter |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Concise |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Opposite of "tall" |
|
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| "Only Murders in the Building" actor Martin |
USA Today |
02 Dec 2024 |
| ___ and sweet, famous idiom or an antonym for "huge" |
|
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| Neat and kind engaging husband (5) |
|
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| Taking little time |
Newsday |
19 Nov 2024 |
| A brusque "Try to grab a run" (5) |
|
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| Martin ___, frequent collaborator with 1-Across |
New York Times Mini |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Fired about right, but not far enough (5) |
|
|
| Dashed right in, to be concise (5) |
|
|
| Brief |
Mirror Quick |
27 Oct 2024 |
| Momentary drink |
Mirror Cryptic |
27 Oct 2024 |
| Wanting wee |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Oct 2024 |
| Diminutive |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Oct 2024 |
| Deficient |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Oct 2024 |
| With a long front presumably (5,4,3,5) |
|
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| Brief electricity failure (5) |
|
|
| Matthew ____, Australian cricketer |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Brief |
The Times Concise |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Deficient, to be concise (5) |
|
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| One hasn't enough money for this sort of drink (5) |
|
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| Curt is not very tall (5) |
|
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| Come to a sudden halt, stop ... (5) |
|
|
| Concise, brief |
Puzzler Backwords |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Not lengthy |
|
|
| Electrical fault of no great duration (5) |
|
|
| In brief, try to get a right in (5) |
|
|
| Brief |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Aug 2024 |
| Brief in duration |
Newsday |
25 Aug 2024 |
| Hasn't enough stature to be a drink of spirits (5) |
|
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| In brief, try to get right into (5) |
|
|
| Clare, who in 1997 became the first cabinet-level Secretary of State for International Development (5) (5) |
|
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| Diminutive type holding husband (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Nigel -, English chess grandmaster born in 1965 |
Mirror Quiz |
25 Jul 2024 |
| "Long story ___ ..." ("To summarize...") |
|
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| A quick "Run!" when there's gunfire outside (5) |
|
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| Hearts enthralled by kind Lilliputian |
|
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| Lacking in - just a little (5) |
|
|
| Right to get stuck into some whisky, maybe neat |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Jul 2024 |
| James ....., 2010-13 Saracens at 2015-21 Exeter Chiefs wing (5) |
|
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| Concise |
Newsday |
30 Jun 2024 |
| Clare -, 1983-2010 Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood; Secretary of State for International Development from 1997-2003 |
Mirror Quiz |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Martin -, actor who played Ned Nederlander in 1986 film comedy Three Amigos! |
Mirror Quiz |
03 Jun 2024 |
| This kind of cake is lacking (5) |
|
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| Brief electrical fault (5) |
|
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| Lost garment? (5) |
|
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| Brusque, but not for long (5) |
|
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| Not going to any great lengths to be polite? (5) |
|
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| Brusque, which is kind of hard to swallow (5) |
|
|
| A brusque "Try to snatch a run" (5) |
|
|
| Taking not much time |
Newsday |
14 May 2024 |
| A long way from tall |
Family Time |
12 May 2024 |
| A little snappish (5) |
|
|
| Brief in duration |
Newsday |
06 May 2024 |
| Like hobbits and Oompa Loompas |
New York Times Mini |
29 Apr 2024 |
| Grace Adams-_, married her Big Brother colleague Mikey Dalton in 2009 (5) |
|
|
| Concise, brief |
Puzzler Backwords |
19 Apr 2024 |
| Low on cash |
Universal |
18 Apr 2024 |
| Somewhat curt because shy? (5) |
|
|
| Brief in duration |
Commuter |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Not having enough for a drink (5) |
|
|
| Infield position in baseball, briefly |
|
|
| Deficient in cash or time (5) |
|
|
| Brief |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Half a pair of knee breeches missing? (5) |
|
|
| A little brusque (5) |
|
|
| ___-tempered (prone to anger) |
|
|
| Curt |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2024 |
| Lacking height |
|
|
| Insufficient, to be concise (5) |
|
|
| Nigel ___ (b 1965), Lancashire-born chess grandmaster (5) |
|
|
| Below average height |
Mirror Tea Time |
05 Feb 2024 |
| Dwarf rudely abrupt |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Not tall |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jan 2024 |
| " - Skirt/Long Jacket" (2001 Cake song) |
|
|
| "___ Skirt/Long Jacket" (2001 Cake song) |
USA Today |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Clare -, former Labour MP; Secretary of State for International Development from 1997-2003 |
Mirror Quiz |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Attempt to capture rook is not quite there |
|
|
| Of little length |
Mirror Classic |
06 Jan 2024 |
| & 8A 1986 family film starring Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg (5,7) |
Mirror Quiz |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Life's Too -----, BBC2 mockumentary series starring Warwick Davis (5) |
|
|
| Not long getting a drink of spirits (5) |
|
|
| A little deficient in (5) |
|
|
| I'm with this horticultural thing - I won't be long! (5) |
|
|
| ___ and sweet, famous idiom or an antonym for "huge" |
|
|
| Bad way to come up |
|
|
| "The Big ___," 2015 film starring Christian Bale and Steve Carell, about the real-estate housing bubble of the 2000s |
|
|
| Concise |
Universal |
31 Jul 2023 |
| Lacking |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2023 |
| Low on cash |
Universal |
12 Jul 2023 |
| English grandmaster, Nigel, Kasparov's challenger for the world title in 1993 |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Jul 2023 |
| Brief |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2023 |
| Strapped for cash |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Jan 2023 |
| Brief |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Jan 2023 |
| Taking little time |
Newsday |
10 Jan 2023 |
| Low on funds |
LA Times Daily |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Snippy |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2022 |
| Current issue? |
New York Times |
23 Sep 2022 |
| Martin ___, "Only Murders in the Building" actor who was nominated for the 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
|
|
| Comedian Martin of SCTV |
Canadiana |
04 Jul 2022 |
| With 39-Across, some Sundance submissions ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
New York Times |
09 Jun 2022 |
| "Long story ___..." |
|
|
| Like a pixie cut |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 May 2022 |
| Joiner in seat wearing garment, a certain style |
The Guardian Cryptic |
11 May 2022 |
| It's scarce starting for all sides today |
Irish Times Crosaire |
23 Apr 2022 |
| Of small length |
The Times Concise |
09 Apr 2022 |
| Low on cash |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Mar 2022 |
| Small in height |
The Times Concise |
07 Mar 2022 |
| ___-tempered (prone to anger) |
|
|
| Strapped for cash |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Feb 2022 |
| Pleasantly concise |
New York Times |
19 Jan 2022 |
| Deficient |
Premier Sunday |
26 Dec 2021 |
| Not at all tall |
Premier Sunday |
19 Sep 2021 |
| Like hair in a pixie cut |
USA Today |
16 Sep 2021 |
| Like most power naps |
|
|
| Low on cash |
Newsday |
05 Sep 2021 |
| Of small duration |
The Times Concise |
31 Aug 2021 |
| Missing funds |
New York Times |
27 Aug 2021 |
| Concise |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jul 2021 |
| Strapped for cash |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jul 2021 |
| Brief |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 May 2021 |
| "The Big ___: Inside the Doomsday Machine," 2010 non-fiction book by author Michael Lewis |
|
|
| Starting on all sides today strapped for cash |
Irish Times Crosaire |
24 Apr 2021 |
| Concise |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Mar 2021 |
| Brief |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Feb 2021 |
| Dwarf rudely abrupt |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Diminutive |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Film that's not very long |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2021 |
| Gruff |
LA Times Daily |
11 Dec 2020 |
| Gruff |
The Washington Post |
11 Dec 2020 |
| Taking little time |
Newsday |
08 Dec 2020 |
| Electrical problem |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Dec 2020 |
| Brief in duration |
Newsday |
16 Nov 2020 |
| "This five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What is it?" |
|
|
| Low on money |
Universal |
27 Aug 2020 |
| Limited in duration |
Irish Times Simplex |
09 Jul 2020 |
| Of small length |
The Times Concise |
06 Jun 2020 |
| Electrical problem |
New York Times |
28 May 2020 |
| Low on dough |
New York Times |
24 May 2020 |
| Strapped for cash |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Mar 2020 |
| Electrical problem |
Universal |
23 Feb 2020 |
| Rudely brief |
Premier Sunday |
23 Feb 2020 |
| Film of most of those in 4 down |
Irish Times Crosaire |
21 Sep 2019 |
| Dwarf rudely abrupt |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Sep 2019 |
| Not long |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Sep 2019 |
| ___-sheeting (bed prank) |
Universal |
02 Aug 2019 |
| Brief attempt about right |
|
|
| Style of writing supported by editor in need of more staff |
|
|
| Of small duration |
The Times Concise |
26 Apr 2019 |
| Electrical problem |
The Washington Post |
15 Mar 2019 |
| Electrical problem |
LA Times Daily |
15 Mar 2019 |
| Word with "story" or "straw" |
Universal |
08 Mar 2019 |
| Small in height |
The Times Concise |
11 Jan 2019 |
| Word with "story" or "straw" |
|
|
| Electrical problem |
|
|
| ___-sheeting (bed prank) |
|
|
| Typical of all sides today low on funds |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Nov 2018 |
| Low on funds |
The Washington Post |
14 Nov 2018 |
| Low on funds |
LA Times Daily |
14 Nov 2018 |
| Not having quite enough cash |
New York Times |
19 Aug 2018 |
| With not enough cash |
Universal |
17 Aug 2018 |
| Not giving enough |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2018 |
| Small drink |
|
|
| ___ stories (O. Henry's forte) |
|
|
| Low on funds |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2018 |
| Like some missiles — type crossing top of high mountains ? |
|
|
| Electrical problem |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Mar 2018 |
| Word before list or loin |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2018 |
| Electrician's headache |
USA Today |
07 Feb 2018 |
| Wanting some monkfish or turbot |
|
|
| Electrical problem |
|
|
| With not enough cash |
|
|
| Not having quite enough cash |
|
|
| Low on funds |
|
|
| Electrician's headache |
|
|
| Fail to give full details to brusque coppers? |
|
|
| Snappy type, nursing a bit of hostility |
|
|
| Not tall |
Universal |
26 Jul 2017 |
| See 1 Across |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Jul 2017 |
| Lacking sufficient funds |
USA Today |
25 Jun 2017 |
| Unable to pay |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2017 |
| Cheating brief, putting fresh clothes on |
|
|
| Word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 65-Across and 10- and 30-Down |
USA Today |
29 May 2017 |
| Rum, initially, in one small drink or another |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 May 2017 |
| In need of dough |
USA Today |
19 May 2017 |
| Not long enough |
The Times Concise |
21 Mar 2017 |
| Not tall |
|
|
| Word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 65-Across and 10- and 30-Down |
|
|
| Unable to pay |
|
|
| Lacking sufficient funds |
|
|
| In need of dough |
|
|
| Pint-sized |
Universal |
04 Dec 2016 |
| Underfunded |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Oct 2016 |
| Brief |
LA Times Daily |
26 Sep 2016 |
| Height-challenged |
Universal |
18 Aug 2016 |
| Low on cash |
USA Today |
15 Aug 2016 |
| Quick throws without moving |
|
|
| Reason for a blown fuse |
The Washington Post |
21 Jun 2016 |
| Terse |
Newsday |
01 May 2016 |
| Height-challenged |
|
|
| Pint-sized |
|
|
| Brief |
|
|
| Low on cash |
|
|
| and sweet |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Dec 2015 |
| Insufficient |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2015 |
| Written in few words |
LA Times Daily |
16 Nov 2015 |
| Brief opportunity to overcome resistance |
|
|
| Height-impaired |
Universal |
06 Oct 2015 |
| Lacking in stature |
USA Today |
10 Sep 2015 |
| and 26 Across: Cut, cut 20 out from 1 Across -- unfortunately returned with elevens? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Aug 2015 |
| Curt type round hospital |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Aug 2015 |
| Abrupt |
Premier Sunday |
28 Jun 2015 |
| Unable to pay |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2015 |
| Attempt to contain resistance is of limited duration |
|
|
| Strapped for cash |
Newsday |
12 Mar 2015 |
| Strapped for cash |
USA Today |
24 Jan 2015 |
| Problem for an electrician |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jan 2015 |
| Abrupt |
|
|
| Strapped for cash |
|
|
| Insufficient |
|
|
| Written in few words |
|
|
| Problem for an electrician |
|
|
| Unable to pay |
|
|
| Height-impaired |
|
|
| Strapped for cash |
|
|
| Lacking in stature |
|
|
| Treated unfairly as brusque Conservative put to death |
|
|
| Like Randy Newman's "People" |
|
|
| In need of dough |
|
|
| Position between second and third, informally |
|
|
| Potential fire hazard |
|
|
| Scanty |
|
|
| Type of film or circuit |
|
|
| Terse |
|
|
| Like an onside kick |
|
|
| A little underfunded |
|
|
| Wiring problem |
|
|
| In need of cash |
|
|
| Wiring problem |
|
|
| Third neighbor? |
|
|
| Funnyman Martin |
|
|
| Electrical problem |
|
|
| Brief |
|
|
| There has been one with every Pixar film since 1998 |
|
|
| Without enough money |
|
|
| Like someone nicknamed "Sprout" |
|
|
| Height-challenged |
|
|
| Sweet partner |
|
|
| Pixar DVD extra, often |
|
|
| Like the unlucky straw |
|
|
| In need of dough |
|
|
| In need of dough |
|
|
| Position between second and third |
|
|
| Not having quite enough money |
|
|
| Low on funds |
|
|
| Insufficient |
|
|
| Underfunded |
|
|
| Brief |
|
|
| Electrical problem |
|
|
| Not a good way to come up |
|
|
| Like some vowels |
|
|
| Not a good way to come up |
|
|
| Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues |
|
|
| In need of cash |
|
|
| "Father of the Bride" actor |
|
|
| Martin of "Father of the Bride" |
|
|
| Shy |
|
|
| Concise |
|
|
| Reason for lights going out |
|
|
| Needing cash |
|
|
| In insufficient supply |
|
|
| Stature-deprived |
|
|
| Brusque |
|
|
| Brief |
|
|
| Brusque |
|
|
| Not quite enough |
|
|
| In need of money |
|
|
| With 47-Down, magazine fiction, perhaps |
|
|
| In need of money |
|
|
| Succinct |
|
|
| Strapped for cash |
|
|
| Unable to pay the bill |
|
|
| Cheat, in a way |
|
|
| Hardly patient |
|
|
| Hardly patient |
|
|
| Needing cash |
|
|
| Strapped for cash |
|
|
| Needing cash |
|
|
| Brusque |
|
|
| Like the unlucky straw |
|
|
| Abrupt |
|
|
| Like the unlucky straw |
|
|
| Abrupt |
|
|
| Wiring problem |
|
|
| Martin of "Father of the Bride" |
|
|
| Stature-impaired? |
|
|
| Comedian Martin ___ |
|
|
| Less likely to be boring |
|
|
| Word before term or circuit |
|
|
| Bad way to be caught |
|
|
| Lacking a quorum |
|
|
| Less likely to be boring |
|
|
| ___ game (chips, pitches, and putts) |
|
|
| Easily provoked |
|
|
| Low on cash |
|
|
| One way to be caught |
|
|
| Needing money |
|
|
| Circuit breaker? |
|
|
| Quick flick |
|
|
| Once-prevalent feature lead-in |
|
|
| Curt |
|
|
| Once-prevalent feature lead-in |
|
|
| Curt |
|
|
| Not long |
|
|
| Unlike NBAers |
|
|
| Stunted |
|
|
| Funnyman Martin |
|
|
| Lacking |
|
|
| One way to be caught |
|
|
| Testy |
|
|
| Hot-tempered |
|
|
| "Vertically challenged" |
|
|
| Shy |
|
|
| Missing money |
|
|
| Terse |
|
|
| Of brief duration |
|
|
| Brief |
|
|
| Word before bread or cake |
|
|
| Unlike a shaggy-dog story |
|
|
| Like some tempers |
|
|
| Lacking a quorum |
|
|
| Kind of story |
|
|
| Brusque |
|
|
| Strapped for cash |
|
|
| Insufficient |
|
|
| Pint-sized |
|
|
| Not in the money |
|
|
| Strapped |
|
|
| Lacking sufficient funds |
|
|
| Father of the Bride actor |
|
|
| Film genre |
|
|
| Lacking funds |
|
|
| In need of cash |
|
|
| Martin in Father of the Bride |
|
|
| Word to describe the three theme entries |
|
|
| Singer Bobby |
|
|
| In need |
|
|
| Midgetlike |
|
|
| Lacking, with "of" |
|
|
| Height-challenged |
|
|
| Electrical problem |
|
|
| Adjective for an elf |
|
|
| Stepquote: Part III |
|
|
| Kind of cut or cake |
|
|
| Two-reel movie |
|
|
| Funnyman Martin |
|
|
| Story or range preceder |
|
|
| Lacking funds |
|
|
| Like a hamster's tail |
|
|
| Concise |
|
|
| Knee-high to a grasshopper |
|
|
| Kind of stop |
|
|
| Unawares |
|
|
| Circuit mishap |
|
|
| Out of funds |
|
|
| Like hamsters' tails |
|
|
| Sweet's companion |
|
|
| In arrears |
|
|
| Curt |
|
|
| Partner of sweet |
|
|
| Kind of cake or cut |
|
|
| Hand or ribs |
|
|
| In need of funds |
|
|
| Certain movie |
|
|
| Abrupt. |
|
|
| Army general relieved of command. |
|
|
| Succinct. |
|
|
| Peewee Reese's post. |
|
|
| Terse. |
|
|
| H. S. T.'s late press secretary. |
|
|
| One of Mr. Truman's secretaries. |
|
|
| Truman's press secretary. |
|
|
| Brusque. |
|
|
| Dewey from Missouri. |
|
|
| Rep. Dewey ___ of Missouri. |
|
|
| Infield position. |
|
|
| Infielder: Colloq. |
|
|
| Position on a ball team. |
|
|
| Inadequate. |
|
|
| Brief. |
|
|
| Fuse blower. |
|
|
| Two-reel movie. |
|
|
| Infielder. |
|
|
| Abbreviated |
|
|
| Sweet's companion. |
|
|
| Lacking. |
|
|
| Wall Street term. |
|
|
| Scanty. |
|
|
| Condensed. |
|
|
| Abbreviated. |
|
|
| Partner of sweet. |
|
|
| Former U. S. lieutenant general. |
|
|
| Pearl Harbor's ex-Commandant. |
|
|