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Word "TERSE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
brief and to the point; effectively cut short
Synonyms:
crisp, curt, laconic
Examples:
short and terse and easy to understand

Crossword Clues for TERSE

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Clue Source Date
Short letters from Battersea
Brusque The Telegraph Plusword 04 Jul 2025
Barrister seriously covering brief The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Jul 2025
Reticent about steer (5) Mirror Cryptic 26 Jun 2025
Curt (5) Mirror Quick 26 Jun 2025
Succinct The Telegraph Quick 25 Jun 2025
Concise way in which ester is produced (5)
Concise, compact (5)
Succinct and to the point (anagram of "reset")
Concise form a letter sent out
Far from wordy Thomas Joseph 20 Jun 2025
A laconic "Part of Battersea" (5)
Succinct The Telegraph Quick 12 Jun 2025
At a loss for words? LA Times Daily 07 Jun 2025
To the point, in a blockbuster sequel (5)
Concise The Telegraph Mini 30 May 2025
Brusque USA Today 29 May 2025
Succinct LA Times Daily 27 May 2025
Short time to get on top of difficult language (5)
Brusque The Telegraph Quick 22 May 2025
Brusque The Telegraph Plusword 20 May 2025
To the point Family Time 18 May 2025
Curt Universal 17 May 2025
Steer abrupt (anag) (5)
Curt Mirror Quick 05 May 2025
Reticent about trees Mirror Cryptic 05 May 2025
Short way to chop trees (5)
Succinct USA Today 25 Apr 2025
Concise way to reset it (5)
Curt Mirror Tea Time 22 Apr 2025
Brusque The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 20 Apr 2025
In short, Easter without a break (5)
Not saying much Newsday 16 Apr 2025
Some of the letters exceptionally short (5)
Curt The Telegraph Quick 08 Apr 2025
Short trees get chopped up (5)
Succinct conclusion to text linked to ancient language (5)
Abrupt; curt (5)
Short stretch of intersection The Times Quick Cryptic 27 Mar 2025
Laconic part for Peter Sellers
Curt Mirror Quick 25 Mar 2025
Short "Prune tree to let sun through" (5)
Reticent about trees Mirror Cryptic 25 Mar 2025
Short-spoken New York Times 19 Mar 2025
Succinct part in writer's essay (5)
Trees chopped short (5)
Brusque, some characters in Battersea (5) Puzzler Cryptic 19 Mar 2025
Short Easter break: a wash out (5)
Short, but maybe not sweet
Pithy Thomas Joseph 14 Mar 2025
Abrupt Mirror Classic 14 Mar 2025
Curt Mirror Quick 11 Mar 2025
Reticent about trees Mirror Cryptic 11 Mar 2025
Short and to the point Wall Street Journal 10 Mar 2025
Curt The Telegraph Mini 09 Mar 2025
Short piece from writer's excellent
Snappy; brief The Telegraph Plusword 01 Mar 2025
Short letter seen to contain it (5)
Abruptly worded New York Times Mini 25 Feb 2025
Brusque in letter sent (5)
Not wasting words
Abrupt The Sun Mini 18 Feb 2025
Reticent about trees Mirror Cryptic 18 Feb 2025
Curt Mirror Quick 18 Feb 2025
Steer (anag) (5) The Guardian Quick 17 Feb 2025
To the point Universal 15 Feb 2025
Clipped LA Times Daily 14 Feb 2025
Laconic The Telegraph Quick 13 Feb 2025
Succinct; brusque The Telegraph Plusword 12 Feb 2025
Chop up trees, but be brief (5)
Short shirt covers ribs, but not guts?
In a letter sent, is brusque (5)
Succinct Eugene Sheffer 03 Feb 2025
Brusque The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 30 Jan 2025
Short piece from scriptwriter selected The Times Quick Cryptic 29 Jan 2025
Re-set it in a concise manner
Brief, to the point (5)
Very short part of winter season (5)
In short, half the latter (two quarters) (5)
Brief rest, perhaps, for an egghead (5)
In short, after a time the seer proves to be wrong (5)
Short extract from Chapter Seven (5)
Like epigrams Wall Street Journal 18 Jan 2025
Concise and a little brusque
Short, curt (5)
Far from verbose Universal 16 Jan 2025
Brusque The Telegraph Quick 08 Jan 2025
Hardly windy? LA Times Daily 05 Jan 2025
Concise USA Today 03 Jan 2025
Hardly wordy Thomas Joseph 03 Jan 2025
Short, but not necessarily sweet, so to speak (5)
Short, but not necessarily sweet, so speak(5)
Short cut from Battersea!
Brief, curt
Curt Mirror Quick 22 Dec 2024
Reticent about trees Mirror Cryptic 22 Dec 2024
Concisely worded USA Today 18 Dec 2024
Concise Premier Sunday 15 Dec 2024
Succinct, curt The Telegraph Plusword 15 Dec 2024
To the point The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 11 Dec 2024
Briefly stated Newsday 08 Dec 2024
To be so, use some shorter sentences (5)
Curt The Telegraph Plusword 06 Dec 2024
Using few words Commuter 06 Dec 2024
Later search reveals abrupt result (5)
Not overly wordy
Brief Encounter 's emotional, in part
Curtly concise Puzzler Backwords 29 Nov 2024
Laconic, succinct The Times Concise 27 Nov 2024
Brief or concise
Eschewing loquacity Wall Street Journal 16 Nov 2024
Wasting no words (5) The Guardian Quick 15 Nov 2024
To the point, succinct The Telegraph Mini 13 Nov 2024
Snappy contribution to better service
Curt Mirror Quick 12 Nov 2024
Reticent about trees Mirror Cryptic 12 Nov 2024
Of few words (5) The Guardian Speedy 10 Nov 2024
Pewter seller somewhat abrupt The Sun Two Speed 07 Nov 2024
Brusque The Sun Two Speed 07 Nov 2024
In short, pesters to have
Curt, abrupt The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 05 Nov 2024
Short selection from shorter selection
Snappy rendition of 'Trees' (5)
Hardly wordy Thomas Joseph 30 Oct 2024
Brief intersect in the middle (5)
Reset, short form (5)
Short part of winter season (5)
A concise way to get 24 down into action
Concise in wording Newsday 21 Oct 2024
Brief encountered in quarter sessions
Briefly stated Newsday 09 Oct 2024
A compact form of trees is called for (5)
Crisp LA Times Daily 03 Oct 2024
Brusque The Times Sunday Concise 29 Sep 2024
Short The Telegraph Quick 29 Sep 2024
Like a one-word reply Universal 25 Sep 2024
In short, pesters to renovate the interior (5)
Counter security somewhat abrupt (5)
Short version of the previous answer (5)
Like a one-word reply LA Times Daily 16 Sep 2024
Summary using shorter sentences (5)
Trees may be pithy (5)
Blunt characters from Peter Sellers The Telegraph Toughie 05 Sep 2024
From beginning of time, Gaelic language has sounded brusque (5)
Clipped and shaped trees (5)
Compact booster seat covers The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Aug 2024
Brief Peter Sellers extract (5)
Abrupt The Telegraph Mini 26 Aug 2024
Crisply brief
Reticent about trees Mirror Cryptic 20 Aug 2024
Curt Mirror Quick 20 Aug 2024
Concise The Telegraph Quick 16 Aug 2024
Curt Mirror Quick 13 Aug 2024
Reticent about trees Mirror Cryptic 13 Aug 2024
Pithy Thomas Joseph 09 Aug 2024
To the point Thomas Joseph 08 Aug 2024
Snappy; steer (anag.) The Telegraph Mini 06 Aug 2024
Brusque New York Times 06 Aug 2024
Hardly wordy Thomas Joseph 06 Aug 2024
Brief and abrubt (5)
Abrupt Wall Street Journal 03 Aug 2024
Abrupt Mirror Classic 28 Jul 2024
Pithy trees (5)
Far from wordy Thomas Joseph 26 Jul 2024
To the point The Telegraph Plusword 22 Jul 2024
With few words Newsday 18 Jul 2024
Short arrangement of trees (5)
Abrupt (5) The Guardian Quick 11 Jul 2024
Brusque The Telegraph Plusword 09 Jul 2024
Crisp, brief (5)
Clipped trees into shape (5)
Without superfluidity
In short, for Easter, not given a break (5)
Concise in words spoken Newsday 02 Jul 2024
Brief The Telegraph Quick 01 Jul 2024
Abrupt at winter's end, to an extent (5)
Far from wordy Wall Street Journal 25 Jun 2024
Succinct and to the point (anagram of "reset")
Better see how concise it appears
Short cut out of Battersea (5)
Reticent about trees Mirror Cryptic 18 Jun 2024
Curt Mirror Quick 18 Jun 2024
Curt Mirror Tea Time 10 Jun 2024
Abrupt The Times Sunday Concise 09 Jun 2024
Succinct Eugene Sheffer 08 Jun 2024
Not wordy Thomas Joseph 04 Jun 2024
Brusque The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 02 Jun 2024
Sparing in speech Wall Street Journal 30 May 2024
Short dresses, retro skirts making a comeback (5)
Succinct LA Times Daily 28 May 2024
Rudely concise The Sun Two Speed 14 May 2024
Reticent about trees Mirror Cryptic 14 May 2024
Curt Mirror Quick 14 May 2024
Short piece from Peter Sellers The Sun Two Speed 14 May 2024
Pithy LA Times Mini 14 May 2024
Concise quotation from a better selection (5)
Far from word Newsday 12 May 2024
Hardly flowery New York Times 10 May 2024
It's better sent in a concise form
Reticent about trees Mirror Cryptic 29 Apr 2024
Curt Mirror Quick 29 Apr 2024
Abrupt Mirror Classic 28 Apr 2024
To the point New York Times 28 Apr 2024
Curt, abrupt The Times Concise 27 Apr 2024
Laconic, pithy (5) Puzzler 26 Apr 2024
Abruptly concise (5)
Brusque, to the point (5)
Straight to the point LA Times Daily 21 Apr 2024
Concise part of a writer's efforts (5)
Not wordy Thomas Joseph 19 Apr 2024
Brief contribution to better service (5)
Pithy Thomas Joseph 16 Apr 2024
Steer out to the point (5)
Not at all long-winded
Compact, concise (5)
A compact arrangement of trees (5)
Compact street, one time gone, is repaired (5)
Using few words whilst replanting trees (5)
Short tango: poetry when taking the lead (5)
Hardly wordy Thomas Joseph 29 Mar 2024
Be short and steer around it (5)
You need to reset it in a concise manner
Brief and abrupt
Short start to the tune by the Irish (5)
Under tension, our language is quite clipped
Concise language after the start
Trees are treated thus, in brief (5)
Short Easter break there's a cancellation for (5)
Short; trees (anag.) (5)
Pithy Eugene Sheffer 08 Mar 2024
Re-set it in a concise way
Short part of better series
Brief, short
Components in computer's electronics should be compact (5)
Steer the short way (5)
Half-hearted setter misinterpreted brief (5)
Half-hearted setter misinterpreted brief The Telegraph Toughie 20 Feb 2024
Not wasting any words
In short, is in Battersea (5)
In short, some waiters earn little (5)
Curt Mirror Tea Time 11 Feb 2024
Curt, succinct (5)
Like the responses of "yes" or "no" New York Times 01 Feb 2024
Succinct Premier Sunday 28 Jan 2024
Laconic, pithy Puzzler Backwords 26 Jan 2024
Using few words Commuter 26 Jan 2024
Laconic origin of true language
Correcting. There's an H missing in "short" (5)
Better seen in a compact way
Far from wordy Thomas Joseph 18 Jan 2024
Curt Commuter 15 Jan 2024
Succinct, as sentences
Reticent about trees Mirror Cryptic 10 Jan 2024
Curt Mirror Quick 10 Jan 2024
Curt Mirror Quick 06 Jan 2024
Reticent about trees Mirror Cryptic 06 Jan 2024
Concise in wording Newsday 02 Jan 2024
Brusque, in sister's estimation The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Jan 2024
Brusque, in sister's estimation (5)
Through the tree, flickering sun comes, in short (5)
Without verbiage (5)
Brief, pithy (5) Puzzler 20 Dec 2023
Abrupt and curt (5)
Not wordy USA Today 15 Dec 2023
Concise in speech Newsday 12 Dec 2023
A short rest break at a quarter past (5)
Reset, amended, to be concise (5)
Hardly circumlocutious
Brusque, abrupt Puzzler Backwords 01 Dec 2023
Not windy Wall Street Journal 28 Nov 2023
Succinct, brief
Succinct snappy
Not long-winded Newsday 22 Nov 2023
Concise in wording Newsday 21 Nov 2023
To the point The Telegraph Quick 15 Nov 2023
Brief and to the point USA Today 14 Nov 2023
Brusque The Telegraph Quick 13 Nov 2023
Brusque The Telegraph Quick 11 Nov 2023
Ultimately elegant Irish language crisply brief The Times Quick Cryptic 31 Oct 2023
Curt The Telegraph Quick 24 Oct 2023
To the point New York Times 13 Oct 2023
Far from loquacious Wall Street Journal 25 Sep 2023
Like a one-word response to "How are you?" Universal 18 Sep 2023
Brusque New York Times 12 Sep 2023
Ultimately elegant Celtic language to the point The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Sep 2023
Like one-word commands New York Times 03 Sep 2023
Abrupt New York Times 01 Sep 2023
To the point Eugene Sheffer 05 Aug 2023
Certainly not verbose Family Time 17 Jul 2023
Hardly loquacious Wall Street Journal 17 Jul 2023
Certainly not verbose Family Time 16 Jul 2023
Curt Premier Sunday 02 Jul 2023
Using few words Newsday 21 Jun 2023
Using few words
Clipped New York Times 18 Jun 2023
Economical with words LA Times Daily 21 May 2023
Short and blunt USA Today 17 May 2023
Brief in using words Newsday 17 May 2023
Short New York Times 04 May 2023
Brief LA Times Daily 03 May 2023
Curt LA Times Daily 03 Apr 2023
To the point Universal 25 Mar 2023
Far from windy Newsday 25 Mar 2023
Clipped LA Times Daily 19 Mar 2023
Concise The Telegraph Quick 25 Feb 2023
Succinct LA Times Daily 23 Feb 2023
Toddler's first language is brief The Telegraph Toughie 09 Feb 2023
Not very long Newsday 04 Feb 2023
Short piece from Pinter series The Guardian Quiptic 09 Jan 2023
Hardly wordy Thomas Joseph 07 Jan 2023
Pithy Thomas Joseph 30 Dec 2022
Short and to the point USA Today 22 Dec 2022
Brusque The Telegraph Quick 21 Dec 2022
Laconic New York Times 20 Dec 2022
Far from wordy Wall Street Journal 03 Dec 2022
Abrupt end to Celt language The Telegraph Toughie 17 Nov 2022
To the point Universal 08 Nov 2022
Short and to the point USA Today 23 Oct 2022
Concise Newsday 23 Oct 2022
Short and snappy LA Times Daily 29 Sep 2022
Not wordy Universal 26 Sep 2022
Far from wordy USA Today 25 Sep 2022
Abrupt The Times Concise 20 Sep 2022
Curt, of few words The Guardian Speedy 28 Aug 2022
Succinct Eugene Sheffer 22 Aug 2022
Curt The Telegraph Quick 12 Aug 2022
Steer (anag.) The Telegraph Quick 20 Jul 2022
Not at all windy Newsday 07 Jul 2022
Short and probably not sweet LA Times Daily 30 Jun 2022
Brusque New York Times 27 Jun 2022
Abrupt language after concert's conclusion
To the point LA Times Daily 06 Jun 2022
To the point The Washington Post 06 Jun 2022
Hardly wordy Thomas Joseph 03 Jun 2022
Clipped LA Times Daily 21 May 2022
Clipped The Washington Post 21 May 2022
Not long-winded The Washington Post 16 May 2022
Not long-winded LA Times Daily 16 May 2022
To the point (anagram of "reset")
Unlike this clue, which is far too wordy and could have simply been just "curt" Universal 03 May 2022
Succinct and to the point
Orally economical Newsday 16 Apr 2022
Hardly wordy Thomas Joseph 14 Apr 2022
Hardly loquacious Wall Street Journal 12 Apr 2022
Pithy Eugene Sheffer 04 Apr 2022
Far from wordy Thomas Joseph 25 Mar 2022
Far from long-winded Universal 09 Mar 2022
Brief and to the point Newsday 08 Mar 2022
Brief in one's words Newsday 07 Mar 2022
Economically put Newsday 05 Mar 2022
To the point Newsday 20 Feb 2022
Not given to speeches The Washington Post 20 Feb 2022
Not given to speeches LA Times Daily 20 Feb 2022
Brusque LA Times Daily 14 Feb 2022
Brusque The Washington Post 14 Feb 2022
Concise in speech Newsday 06 Feb 2022
Short-spoken USA Today 26 Jan 2022
Not wordy USA Today 18 Jan 2022
Curt The Guardian Quick 13 Jan 2022
To the point Thomas Joseph 07 Jan 2022
Not at all overly wordy, rather unlike this clue itself Universal 17 Dec 2021
Abrupt, concise Irish Times Simplex 27 Nov 2021
Not at all wordy USA Today 13 Nov 2021
To the point Eugene Sheffer 25 Oct 2021
Not verbose USA Today 21 Oct 2021
To the point USA Today 19 Oct 2021
Short and sweet The Washington Post 11 Oct 2021
Short and sweet LA Times Daily 11 Oct 2021
Short and to the point USA Today 03 Oct 2021
On the telephone? Kurt Blunt! Irish Times Crosaire 30 Sep 2021
Brusque Universal 16 Sep 2021
Succinct The Telegraph Quick 11 Sep 2021
Pithy Thomas Joseph 30 Aug 2021
Short-winded Newsday 26 Aug 2021
Succinct LA Times Daily 19 Aug 2021
Succinct The Washington Post 19 Aug 2021
Clipped LA Times Daily 06 Aug 2021
Clipped The Washington Post 06 Aug 2021
Brusque Universal 31 Jul 2021
Clipped Newsday 31 Jul 2021
Curt Universal 30 Jul 2021
Brief intersection?
Like this clue if you removed all but the first three words The Washington Post Sunday 11 Jul 2021
Short-spoken USA Today 04 Jul 2021
Short High Street with closure pulled off The Telegraph Toughie 09 Jun 2021
Brief, as a reply The Washington Post Sunday 30 May 2021
Cut short New York Times 05 May 2021
Brief stay in Battersea
Extract from writer's eulogy, anything but wordy
Sparingly worded USA Today 06 Mar 2021
Brusque The Telegraph Quick 04 Mar 2021
Concise Premier Sunday 28 Feb 2021
Short on words Newsday 25 Feb 2021
Brief section of winter setting
Curt The Telegraph Quick 10 Feb 2021
Quick and straight to the point Family Time 07 Feb 2021
Most definitely dissimilar to this clue Universal 22 Jan 2021
Not long-winded USA Today 17 Jan 2021
Abrupt and rude in Battersea The Sun Two Speed 13 Jan 2021
Concise The Sun Two Speed 13 Jan 2021
Abrupt Universal 12 Jan 2021
On the telephone? Kurt Blunt! Irish Times Crosaire 11 Jan 2021
Peter Sellers keeps to the point The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Jan 2021
Short and sweet ending of Gaelic tongue
Briefly stated Jonesin 15 Dec 2020
Curt Premier Sunday 06 Dec 2020
Like a one-word email Universal 06 Dec 2020
Concise The Washington Post 04 Dec 2020
Short, but probably not sweet Universal 02 Dec 2020
Wasting few words The Washington Post 30 Nov 2020
Wasting few words LA Times Daily 30 Nov 2020
To the point The Washington Post 19 Oct 2020
Peter Sellers somewhat brusque? The Sun Two Speed 19 Oct 2020
Not at all overly wordy, unlike this clue Universal 11 Oct 2020
Snippy, in a way New York Times 11 Oct 2020
Linguistically sparing The Washington Post Sunday 11 Oct 2020
Brusquely short Wall Street Journal 03 Oct 2020
Short, abrupt The Times Concise 12 Sep 2020
Short Universal 11 Sep 2020
Laconic The Washington Post 10 Sep 2020
Brusque in Battersea
Abrupt or concise Irish Times Simplex 12 Aug 2020
Hardly loquacious Wall Street Journal 28 Jul 2020
Succinct The Telegraph Quick 19 Jul 2020
Extract from screenwriter, seriously short The Telegraph Toughie 14 Jul 2020
Some after sex that's quick
Abrupt Premier Sunday 24 May 2020
To the point
Far from talkative
The grasses -- regularly cut short The Telegraph Cryptic 05 May 2020
Not wordy USA Today 23 Apr 2020
Peter Sellers somewhat brusque? The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Apr 2020
Short-winded USA Today 09 Apr 2020
Abrupt, monosyllabic The Guardian Speedy 05 Apr 2020
Short male escaping charge (electric primarily) The Telegraph Toughie 02 Apr 2020
Not windy Newsday 27 Mar 2020
Short The Telegraph Quick 26 Mar 2020
Thorpe's boundaries risked losing all, even being abrupt
Like one-word replies USA Today 18 Mar 2020
Not long-winded The Washington Post 16 Mar 2020
Not long-winded LA Times Daily 16 Mar 2020
Pithy Premier Sunday 01 Mar 2020
Lacking in detail New York Times 19 Feb 2020
Short letter sent, partially read?
Not verbose USA Today 31 Dec 2019
Briefly expressed The Telegraph Quick 06 Dec 2019
Hardly wordy Thomas Joseph 05 Dec 2019
Rudely concise The Sun Two Speed 01 Dec 2019
Short part in computer sequence The Sun Two Speed 01 Dec 2019
Right to the point Family Time 25 Nov 2019
Far from talkative
Far from verbose USA Today 16 Nov 2019
Without any unnecessary proliferation of verbiage Wall Street Journal 07 Nov 2019
Brusque in Battersea The Sun Two Speed 13 Oct 2019
Laconic The Guardian Speedy 13 Oct 2019
Brief and pithy Jonesin 01 Oct 2019
Short-spoken Newsday 29 Sep 2019
Brief gives bum steer
Without extra verbiage The Washington Post Sunday 22 Sep 2019
To the point New York Times 22 Sep 2019
Opposite of verbose New York Times 09 Sep 2019
Far from long-winded USA Today 31 Aug 2019
Concise and to the point
Short-winded Newsday 18 Aug 2019
Brief, like a tweet USA Today 14 Aug 2019
Short section within winter session The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Aug 2019
Brief gives bum steer
Short stretch of shorter sentence
Pewter seller somewhat abrupt The Sun Two Speed 15 Jul 2019
Pithy Wall Street Journal 15 Jul 2019
To the point Premier Sunday 23 Jun 2019
Blunt Jonesin 18 Jun 2019
Not windy LA Times Daily 12 Jun 2019
Brusque Universal 12 Jun 2019
Succinct Eugene Sheffer 12 Jun 2019
Not windy The Washington Post 12 Jun 2019
Of few words Newsday 21 May 2019
Short and sweet USA Today 15 May 2019
Saying little Newsday 21 Apr 2019
Brusque New York Times 20 Apr 2019
Laconic LA Times Daily 19 Apr 2019
Laconic The Telegraph Quick 12 Apr 2019
Hardly wordy USA Today 24 Mar 2019
Curt The Washington Post 15 Mar 2019
Curt LA Times Daily 15 Mar 2019
To the point Family Time 25 Feb 2019
Brusque The Washington Post 22 Feb 2019
Brusque LA Times Daily 22 Feb 2019
Concise in speech USA Today 18 Feb 2019
Short trees in need of treatment
Brief The Telegraph Quick 02 Feb 2019
Abrupt The Times Concise 31 Jan 2019
Far from talkative The Washington Post 27 Jan 2019
Far from talkative LA Times Daily 27 Jan 2019
Succinct LA Times Daily 14 Jan 2019
Laconic Canadiana 14 Jan 2019
Succinct The Washington Post 14 Jan 2019
Short Peter Sellers covers
Curt
Hardly wordy
Far from verbose
To the point
Short and sweet
Pithy
Curt
Far from long-winded
Concise in speech
Brief, like a tweet
Brusque
To the point
Succinct
Far from talkative
Opposite of verbose
Brusque
Not windy
Laconic
Brusque
Short and sweet Wall Street Journal 31 Dec 2018
Right to the point Universal 26 Dec 2018
Short and stressed needing change of heart The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Dec 2018
Hardly long-winded USA Today 15 Dec 2018
Pithy Thomas Joseph 15 Dec 2018
Peter Sellers: inwardly brusque? The Sun Two Speed 01 Dec 2018
U-turn from verbose Universal 30 Nov 2018
Short sleeves retained, partially turned up
Brief in one's words Newsday 05 Nov 2018
Short characters expecting to be hidden
Wasting no words Newsday 16 Oct 2018
To the point Universal 15 Oct 2018
Ultimately elegant Celtic language, neat and concise
Compact LA Times Daily 28 Sep 2018
Compact The Washington Post 28 Sep 2018
Short New York Times 23 Sep 2018
Brief and to the point Newsday 17 Sep 2018
Hardly chatty USA Today 05 Sep 2018
Abrupt and unfriendly in Battersea The Sun Two Speed 28 Aug 2018
Curt tribal leader starts off poem
Free of superfluity Universal 25 Aug 2018
Shortwinded Newsday 19 Aug 2018
In Battersea with Blunt Irish Times Crosaire 17 Aug 2018
Verbally sparing Wall Street Journal 11 Aug 2018
Abrupt The Telegraph Quick 06 Aug 2018
To the point Wall Street Journal 04 Aug 2018
Not wordy Thomas Joseph 30 Jul 2018
Worried setter lost model brief
Short, concise and to the point (unlike this clue) New York Times 26 Jun 2018
Succinct Wall Street Journal 23 Jun 2018
Hardly long-winded Wall Street Journal 02 Jun 2018
Sparing of words USA Today 29 May 2018
Not all writers excel in using words sparingly The Telegraph Cryptic 13 May 2018
Time with Irish maybe short The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Apr 2018
Not at all wordy USA Today 29 Mar 2018
Worded concisely Newsday 28 Mar 2018
Hardly long-winded Universal 26 Mar 2018
Brief Universal 09 Mar 2018
Brief, like many tweets USA Today 02 Mar 2018
Clipped Canadiana 19 Feb 2018
Some after seafarer of few words?
Far from talkative Universal 17 Jan 2018
Short and sweet
Short, concise and to the point (unlike this clue)
Sparing of words
Not at all wordy
Hardly chatty
Brief, like many tweets
Compact
Far from talkative
Free of superfluity
Right to the point
To the point
U-turn from verbose
Hardly long-winded
Short
Hardly long-winded
Succinct
To the point
Verbally sparing
Not verbose Universal 10 Dec 2017
Short piece of poetry given new introduction
Brief in speech Newsday 20 Nov 2017
Briefly worded, like a tweet USA Today 26 Oct 2017
Succinct Premier Sunday 08 Oct 2017
Curt Universal 25 Sep 2017
Using few words Universal 23 Sep 2017
To the point USA Today 09 Sep 2017
Like one-word responses Jonesin 05 Sep 2017
Gangster seeks to frame brief The Telegraph Toughie 31 Aug 2017
Brief stay in Battersea
Pithy Newsday 24 Aug 2017
Short and not so sweet The Washington Post 31 Jul 2017
Short and not so sweet LA Times Daily 31 Jul 2017
Far from talkative Wall Street Journal 18 Jul 2017
Trees irregularly clipped
Low on word count Family Time 18 Jun 2017
Far from wordy Thomas Joseph 16 Jun 2017
Abrupt, concise Irish Times Simplex 25 May 2017
Far from wordy Universal 08 May 2017
Clipped trees badly
To the point Newsday 15 Mar 2017
Short of some computer services
To the point Eugene Sheffer 01 Mar 2017
The grasses are oddly clipped
Clipped end of secret language
Succinctly put New York Times 13 Feb 2017
Term often applied to Hemingway Newsday 11 Feb 2017
Short and sweet The Washington Post 26 Jan 2017
Saying little on purpose Universal 26 Jan 2017
Briefly worded Newsday 22 Jan 2017
Short and not so sweet
Not verbose
Far from wordy
Curt
Briefly worded, like a tweet
Succinctly put
Using few words
Brief
Saying little on purpose
To the point
Far from windy Wall Street Journal 28 Dec 2016
Economical in words Newsday 08 Dec 2016
Hardly talkative Universal 09 Nov 2016
Using few words Newsday 25 Oct 2016
Far from long-winded Universal 24 Oct 2016
Far from windy Newsday 23 Oct 2016
Far from wordy USA Today 17 Oct 2016
Hardly wordy Wall Street Journal 26 Sep 2016
Hardly garrulous Wall Street Journal 24 Sep 2016
Brusque The Guardian Quick 09 Sep 2016
Like Calvin Coolidge New York Times 04 Sep 2016
Cover ... or cover ___ New York Times 01 Sep 2016
Brief in speech Universal 08 Aug 2016
Clipped Newsday 06 Aug 2016
Not windy New York Times 28 Jul 2016
Far from wordy Newsday 12 Jul 2016
Concise in speech Newsday 11 Jul 2016
Far from prolix The Washington Post 28 Jun 2016
Short and sweet LA Times Daily 25 Jun 2016
Concise in wording Newsday 13 Jun 2016
Peter Sellers is somewhat short
Cy Young winner Hershiser New York Times 02 Jun 2016
Like tweets, by necessity The Washington Post 24 May 2016
Like tweets New York Times 15 May 2016
Short and succinct Irish Times Simplex 12 May 2016
Unlike a 17-Across Universal 12 May 2016
Not very chatty Universal 29 Apr 2016
Enraged stree is curt
Far from flowery LA Times Daily 16 Apr 2016
Very short The Telegraph Quick 09 Apr 2016
Short, but probably not sweet LA Times Daily 04 Apr 2016
Not overly vocal Newsday 27 Mar 2016
Brief Peter Sellers appearance
Facetious response to 'Describe yourself in three adjectives' New York Times 13 Mar 2016
Like the answer 'No.' New York Times 12 Mar 2016
Brief and to the point Irish Times Simplex 03 Mar 2016
Short and snappy Universal 27 Feb 2016
Hardly windy Universal 20 Feb 2016
Hardly long-winded New York Times 10 Feb 2016
Brief in speech
Short and sweet
Hardly long-winded
Far from wordy
Not windy
Curt
Like Calvin Coolidge
Not wordy Newsday 28 Dec 2015
Abrupt arbiter settled cases
Short and to the point USA Today 14 Dec 2015
Like newspaper headlines, typically New York Times 11 Dec 2015
Like some reprimands LA Times Daily 10 Dec 2015
Sparing of words Newsday 22 Nov 2015
Of few words LA Times Daily 06 Nov 2015
Brief and to the point Universal 03 Nov 2015
Short word seen in shorter sentences
Briefly stated Newsday 04 Oct 2015
Concise LA Times Daily 01 Oct 2015
Short time before eating seconds
Brief and pithy New York Times 07 Sep 2015
Hardly talkative LA Times Daily 19 Aug 2015
Not very chatty LA Times Daily 18 Aug 2015
Essentially time for parking is short The Telegraph Toughie 06 Aug 2015
Short in toaster's electrics The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Aug 2015
To the point LA Times Daily 27 Jul 2015
'Brief Encounter' -- selected screens The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Jul 2015
In a nutshell Universal 13 Jul 2015
Not likely to run on LA Times Daily 18 Jun 2015
Short winter seemingly draws in
To be blunt, it's for chopping trees Irish Times Crosaire 12 Jun 2015
Short chapter selected shorn of trappings The Telegraph Toughie 10 Jun 2015
Not saying much Newsday 12 May 2015
Short and to the point Family Time 11 May 2015
Short LA Times Daily 03 May 2015
Brusque, in sister's estimation
Without wasting words USA Today 03 Apr 2015
Recall some sledges, retorts, abrupt
As in a nutshell Universal 22 Mar 2015
Brusque, in sister's estimation
Monosyllabic, perhaps Universal 16 Feb 2015
Brief part of intersection
Of few words
Sparing of words
Not wordy
Not saying much
Briefly stated
Brief and pithy
Brief and to the point
In a nutshell
Monosyllabic, perhaps
Without wasting words
Short and to the point
Like some reprimands
Concise
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As in a nutshell
To the point
Short and snappy
Far from verbose
Like newspaper headlines, typically
Hardly talkative
Briefly worded
Not likely to run on
Short
Not very chatty
Brief winter season — victory a boy delivered
Brief taken from master sergeant
Pithy
Like one-word answers
Concise
Breviloquent
Not wordy
Brief in speech
Short and snappy
In telegraphese, e.g.
Succinctly worded
Brief in speech
Brusque
Clipped
Laconic
Far from flowery
Not at all talkative
Short and maybe sweet
Epigrammatic
Curt
Short-winded
Hardly verbose
Concise section of chapter seven
Curt is somewhat bitter secretly
Laconic
Far from flowery
Not windy
Short-winded
Short and probably not sweet
Short and snappy
To the point
Clipped
Crisp
Short-winded
Brief and pithy
Not inclined to go on
Certainly not verbose
Quick and to the point
Without wasted words
Short and probably not sweet
Short and snappy
Brief
Far from talkative
Concise in speech
Direct
Succinct in speech
Using few words
Short-winded
Like tweets, by necessity
Hardly rambling
Elliptical, in a way
Efficiently expressed, maybe
Not long retired back to Home Counties
Concise
Hardly wandering
Adhering to Strunk and White's advice "Omit needless words"
Far from verbose
To the point
Brief and pithy
Not long-winded
Abrupt
Short and direct
Short and sweet
Short
Far from verbose
Not flowery
Effectively concise
Brusque
Unwordy
Like telegrams, typically
Of few words
Curt
Brief and to the point
Far from loquacious
Compact
Far from diffuse
Succinct
To the point
Short and sweet
Pithy
Hardly windy
Without any embroidery
Like Hemingway's prose
Concise
Concise
Of few words
Pithy
Brief and pithy
Not very vocal
Succinct
Succinctly worded
Not chatty
By no means long-winded
Brusque
Not flowery
Clipped
Not inclined to go on
Concise
Brief and to the point
Like the review "Hated it," e.g.
Not verbose
Unlike filibusters
By no means long-winded
Like Coolidge, famously
Laconic
Clipped
Quick and to the point
Short on words
Like headlines
Unlike filibusters
To the point
Like Coolidge, famously
Succinct
Hardly chatty
Wasting no words
Succinct
Not verbose
Not drawn out
Not at all garrulous
Opposite of prolix
Hardly chatty
Hardly loquacious
Hardly wordy
Adjective for Calvin Coolidge's comments
Not rambling
Short-winded
Hardly wordy
No-nonsense
Far from windy
Without elaboration
Short-winded
Without wasting words
Succinctly worded
Effectively concise
Brusque
Far from prolix
Curt
Shortwinded
Certainly not verbose
Hardly sesquipedalian
Hardly long-winded
Brief and pithy
Not inclined to go on
Low on word count
Like headlines
Brief
Short and often not sweet
Like Calvin Coolidge, famously
Concise
Compendious
Epigrammatic
Not roundabout
Hardly long-winded
Brief and pithy
Short
Hardly sesquipedalian
Unpadded
Not garrulous
Far from flowery
Using few words
Short and to the point
To the point
Far from flowery
Concise
To-the-point
Right to the point
Compendious
Like aphorisms
Far from windy
Hardly gabby
Hardly gabby
Hardly garrulous
Of few words
Laconic
Not garrulous
Not long-winded
Not windy
Brusque
Hardly talkative
Short and to-the-point
Brief and to the point
Far from prolix
Short and maybe not sweet
Not wordy
Not wordy
Hardly verbose
Short and maybe sweet
Not saying much
Hardly wordy
Abrupt
Short and sweet
Like headlines
Hardly loquacious
Far from prolix
Pithy
Not roundabout
Not wordy
Not wandering
Hardly sesquipedalian
Concise
By no means long-winded
Brusque
To the point
Laconic
Hardly talkative
To the point
Not mincing words
Pithy
Concise
To the point
Brief and pithy
Pithy
Pithy
In headlinese, say
To-the-point
Brusque
Short-spoken
Hardly windy
Hardly windy
Not windy
Compact
Succinct
Hardly windy
Hardly prolix
Not long-winded
Not long-winded
Laconic
Not at all windy
Not longwinded
Hardly windy
Of few words
Succinct
Not wordy
Far from verbose
Like aphorisms
Pithy
Like aphorisms
Not at all wordy
Short-winded
By no means long-winded
Hardly windy
Curt
Succinct
Certainly not verbose
Neither wordy, verbose, longwinded, loquacious, nor like this clue
Short and sweet
Like Coolidge's utterances
Sparing of words
Epigrammatic
Not quite elliptical
Not windy
Not going on
Hardly prolix
Short and sweet
Brief
Short-spoken
Not verbose
Short and sweet
Short and sweet?
Short and sweet
Economical wordwise
Monosyllabic, perhaps
Not windy?
Short and to the point
Unlike most Jesse Jackson speeches
Free of superfluity
Succinct
Like headlines
Pauciloquent
Clipped
Far from prolix
Of few words
Short and snappy
Of few words
Right to the point
Like an aphorism
As in a nutshell
Short-spoken
Without wasted words
Short and to the point
Lacking long-windedness
Like Silent Cal
Tactiturn
Antisesquipedalian
Elliptical
Brief and to the point
Pointed
Succient
In telegraphese
Short and maybe sweet
Pithy
Succintly worded
Laconic
Blunt
Compendious
Short and sharp
Revision of 20 Across
Very short
Sententious
Summary
Cryptic
Concise
Pithy
Epigrammatic
Opposite of prolix
Wasting no words
Not verbose
Far from verbose
Polished
Concentrated
Short and pithy
Cryptic.
Clipped
Inherently: Lat.
Brusque.
Brief.
Not verbose.
Unwordy.
Not prolix.
Sententious.
Not wordy.
Curt.
Compact.
Wasting no words.
Compendious.
Unverbose.
Not windy
Succinct.
Short.
To the point.
With no words wasted.
Concise.
Pithy.
Telegraphic.
Sparely worded.
Short and sweet.
To the point
Pithy; concise.
Laconic.
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