Under tension, our language is quite clipped |
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Concise language after the start |
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Trees are treated thus, in brief (5) |
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Short Easter break there's a cancellation for (5) |
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Short; trees (anag.) (5) |
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Pithy |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Mar 2024 |
Re-set it in a concise way |
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Short part of better series |
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Brief, short |
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Components in computer's electronics should be compact (5) |
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Steer the short way (5) |
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Half-hearted setter misinterpreted brief |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Feb 2024 |
Half-hearted setter misinterpreted brief (5) |
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Not wasting any words |
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In short, is in Battersea (5) |
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In short, some waiters earn little (5) |
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Curt |
Mirror Tea Time |
11 Feb 2024 |
Like the responses of "yes" or "no" |
New York Times |
01 Feb 2024 |
Curt, succinct (5) |
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Succinct |
Premier Sunday |
28 Jan 2024 |
Laconic, pithy |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 Jan 2024 |
Laconic origin of true language |
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Using few words |
Commuter |
26 Jan 2024 |
Correcting. There's an H missing in "short" (5) |
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Better seen in a compact way |
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Far from wordy |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Jan 2024 |
Curt |
Commuter |
15 Jan 2024 |
Succinct, as sentences |
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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) |
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Through the tree, flickering sun comes, in short (5) |
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Without verbiage (5) |
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Brief, pithy (5) |
Puzzler |
20 Dec 2023 |
Abrupt and curt (5) |
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Not wordy |
USA Today |
15 Dec 2023 |
Concise in speech |
Newsday |
12 Dec 2023 |
A short rest break at a quarter past (5) |
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Reset, amended, to be concise (5) |
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Hardly circumlocutious |
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Brusque, abrupt |
Puzzler Backwords |
01 Dec 2023 |
Not windy |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Nov 2023 |
Succinct, brief |
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Not long-winded |
Newsday |
22 Nov 2023 |
Succinct snappy |
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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 |
Hardly loquacious |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jul 2023 |
Certainly not verbose |
Family Time |
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 |
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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 |
Concise |
Newsday |
23 Oct 2022 |
Short and to the point |
USA Today |
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 |
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To the point |
The Washington Post |
06 Jun 2022 |
To the point |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2022 |
Hardly wordy |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Jun 2022 |
Clipped |
The Washington Post |
21 May 2022 |
Clipped |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2022 |
Not long-winded |
LA Times Daily |
16 May 2022 |
Not long-winded |
The Washington Post |
16 May 2022 |
To the point (anagram of "reset") |
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Unlike this clue, which is far too wordy and could have simply been just "curt" |
Universal |
03 May 2022 |
Succinct and to the point |
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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 |
Not given to speeches |
The Washington Post |
20 Feb 2022 |
To the point |
Newsday |
20 Feb 2022 |
Not given to speeches |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2022 |
Brusque |
The Washington Post |
14 Feb 2022 |
Brusque |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
Clipped |
Newsday |
31 Jul 2021 |
Brusque |
Universal |
31 Jul 2021 |
Brief intersection? |
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Curt |
Universal |
30 Jul 2021 |
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 |
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Extract from writer's eulogy, anything but wordy |
|
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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 |
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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 |
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Briefly stated |
Jonesin |
15 Dec 2020 |
Like a one-word email |
Universal |
06 Dec 2020 |
Curt |
Premier Sunday |
06 Dec 2020 |
Concise |
The Washington Post |
04 Dec 2020 |
Short, but probably not sweet |
Universal |
02 Dec 2020 |
Wasting few words |
LA Times Daily |
30 Nov 2020 |
Wasting few words |
The Washington Post |
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 |
Linguistically sparing |
The Washington Post Sunday |
11 Oct 2020 |
Snippy, in a way |
New York Times |
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 |
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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 |
|
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Abrupt |
Premier Sunday |
24 May 2020 |
To the point |
|
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Far from talkative |
|
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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 |
|
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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? |
|
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Not verbose |
USA Today |
31 Dec 2019 |
Briefly expressed |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Dec 2019 |
Hardly wordy |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Dec 2019 |
Short part in computer sequence |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Dec 2019 |
Rudely concise |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Dec 2019 |
Right to the point |
Family Time |
25 Nov 2019 |
Far from talkative |
|
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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 |
Brief gives bum steer |
|
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Short-spoken |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2019 |
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 |
|
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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 |
|
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Short stretch of shorter sentence |
|
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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 |
Not windy |
The Washington Post |
12 Jun 2019 |
Succinct |
Eugene Sheffer |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
22 Feb 2019 |
Brusque |
The Washington Post |
22 Feb 2019 |
Concise in speech |
USA Today |
18 Feb 2019 |
Short trees in need of treatment |
|
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Brief |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Feb 2019 |
Abrupt |
The Times Concise |
31 Jan 2019 |
Far from talkative |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2019 |
Far from talkative |
The Washington Post |
27 Jan 2019 |
Laconic |
Canadiana |
14 Jan 2019 |
Succinct |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jan 2019 |
Succinct |
The Washington Post |
14 Jan 2019 |
Short Peter Sellers covers |
|
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Brief, like a tweet |
|
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Far from long-winded |
|
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Far from verbose |
|
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Short and sweet |
|
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Hardly wordy |
|
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Brusque |
|
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Concise in speech |
|
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To the point |
|
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Curt |
|
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To the point |
|
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Succinct |
|
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Not windy |
|
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Laconic |
|
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Far from talkative |
|
|
Curt |
|
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Brusque |
|
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Brusque |
|
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Opposite of verbose |
|
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Pithy |
|
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Short and sweet |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Dec 2018 |
Short and stressed needing change of heart |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Dec 2018 |
Right to the point |
Universal |
26 Dec 2018 |
Pithy |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Dec 2018 |
Hardly long-winded |
USA Today |
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 |
|
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Brief in one's words |
Newsday |
05 Nov 2018 |
Short characters expecting to be hidden |
|
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Wasting no words |
Newsday |
16 Oct 2018 |
To the point |
Universal |
15 Oct 2018 |
Ultimately elegant Celtic language, neat and concise |
|
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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 |
|
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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 |
|
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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? |
|
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Far from talkative |
Universal |
17 Jan 2018 |
Hardly long-winded |
|
|
Compact |
|
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Short |
|
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Short, concise and to the point (unlike this clue) |
|
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Far from talkative |
|
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Free of superfluity |
|
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Right to the point |
|
|
To the point |
|
|
U-turn from verbose |
|
|
Brief, like many tweets |
|
|
Hardly chatty |
|
|
Not at all wordy |
|
|
Sparing of words |
|
|
Hardly long-winded |
|
|
Short and sweet |
|
|
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 |
Saying little on purpose |
Universal |
26 Jan 2017 |
Short and sweet |
The Washington Post |
26 Jan 2017 |
Briefly worded |
Newsday |
22 Jan 2017 |
Short and not so sweet |
|
|
Brief |
|
|
Curt |
|
|
Far from wordy |
|
|
Not verbose |
|
|
Saying little on purpose |
|
|
Using few words |
|
|
Succinctly put |
|
|
Briefly worded, like a tweet |
|
|
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 |
Not windy |
|
|
Hardly long-winded |
|
|
Curt |
|
|
Far from wordy |
|
|
Brief in speech |
|
|
Short and sweet |
|
|
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 |
|
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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 |
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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 |
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Without wasting words |
USA Today |
03 Apr 2015 |
Recall some sledges, retorts, abrupt |
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As in a nutshell |
Universal |
22 Mar 2015 |
Brusque, in sister's estimation |
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Monosyllabic, perhaps |
Universal |
16 Feb 2015 |
Brief part of intersection |
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Short half of bitter, then two quarters |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Jan 2015 |
Short |
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Of few words |
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Not very chatty |
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Not likely to run on |
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Like some reprimands |
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Without wasting words |
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Short and to the point |
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Hardly talkative |
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Concise |
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Sparing of words |
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Like newspaper headlines, typically |
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Brief and pithy |
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Briefly stated |
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Briefly worded |
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Not saying much |
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Not wordy |
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Monosyllabic, perhaps |
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In a nutshell |
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To the point |
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Brief and to the point |
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Short and snappy |
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Far from verbose |
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As in a nutshell |
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Brief winter season — victory a boy delivered |
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Brief taken from master sergeant |
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Hardly verbose |
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Breviloquent |
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Short-winded |
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Short and snappy |
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Far from flowery |
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Succinctly worded |
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Like one-word answers |
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Not at all talkative |
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Clipped |
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Laconic |
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Brief in speech |
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Epigrammatic |
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Short and maybe sweet |
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Curt |
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Brief in speech |
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Concise |
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In telegraphese, e.g. |
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Brusque |
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Not wordy |
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Pithy |
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Concise section of chapter seven |
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Curt is somewhat bitter secretly |
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Brief |
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Efficiently expressed, maybe |
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Quick and to the point |
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Without wasted words |
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Direct |
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Short-winded |
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Laconic |
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Short-winded |
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Like tweets, by necessity |
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Hardly rambling |
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Crisp |
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Clipped |
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Far from talkative |
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Short and probably not sweet |
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Short and snappy |
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To the point |
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Elliptical, in a way |
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Not inclined to go on |
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Short and probably not sweet |
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Short and snappy |
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Brief and pithy |
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Certainly not verbose |
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Using few words |
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Succinct in speech |
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Short-winded |
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Not windy |
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Far from flowery |
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Concise in speech |
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Not long retired back to Home Counties |
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Not long-winded |
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Unwordy |
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Effectively concise |
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Far from verbose |
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Not flowery |
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Of few words |
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Abrupt |
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Short and direct |
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Brusque |
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Concise |
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Short |
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Far from verbose |
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Adhering to Strunk and White's advice "Omit needless words" |
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Hardly wandering |
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Like telegrams, typically |
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Short and sweet |
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Curt |
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To the point |
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Brief and to the point |
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Brief and pithy |
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To the point |
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Without any embroidery |
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Not chatty |
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Far from diffuse |
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Of few words |
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Not very vocal |
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Compact |
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Pithy |
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Concise |
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Succinct |
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Short and sweet |
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Far from loquacious |
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Concise |
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Hardly windy |
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Brief and pithy |
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Succinctly worded |
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Succinct |
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Pithy |
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Like Hemingway's prose |
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Laconic |
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Not inclined to go on |
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By no means long-winded |
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Not flowery |
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Like Coolidge, famously |
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Like the review "Hated it," e.g. |
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Quick and to the point |
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Unlike filibusters |
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Succinct |
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Like Coolidge, famously |
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Clipped |
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Brusque |
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To the point |
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Not verbose |
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Brief and to the point |
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Unlike filibusters |
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By no means long-winded |
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Like headlines |
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Clipped |
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Short on words |
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Concise |
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Hardly chatty |
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Not at all garrulous |
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Not rambling |
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Hardly chatty |
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Effectively concise |
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Opposite of prolix |
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No-nonsense |
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Hardly loquacious |
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Succinctly worded |
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Wasting no words |
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Without wasting words |
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Short-winded |
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Short-winded |
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Adjective for Calvin Coolidge's comments |
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Far from windy |
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Succinct |
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Hardly wordy |
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Not verbose |
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Hardly wordy |
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Not drawn out |
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Without elaboration |
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Hardly sesquipedalian |
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Certainly not verbose |
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Not roundabout |
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Low on word count |
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Curt |
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Like Calvin Coolidge, famously |
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Unpadded |
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Short and often not sweet |
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Brief |
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Like headlines |
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Far from prolix |
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Brusque |
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Shortwinded |
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Short |
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Compendious |
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Hardly sesquipedalian |
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Hardly long-winded |
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Brief and pithy |
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Not inclined to go on |
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Hardly long-winded |
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Concise |
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Brief and pithy |
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Epigrammatic |
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Far from flowery |
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Far from windy |
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Hardly garrulous |
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Of few words |
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Hardly gabby |
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Not garrulous |
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Not garrulous |
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To-the-point |
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Short and to the point |
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Hardly gabby |
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Far from flowery |
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Like aphorisms |
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Right to the point |
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Concise |
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To the point |
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Using few words |
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Laconic |
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Compendious |
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Not long-winded |
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Not windy |
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Not wordy |
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Brusque |
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Hardly talkative |
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Short and to-the-point |
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Far from prolix |
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Brief and to the point |
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Not wordy |
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Short and maybe not sweet |
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Pithy |
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Like headlines |
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Not mincing words |
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Hardly loquacious |
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Brusque |
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Not wandering |
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Not roundabout |
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Short and sweet |
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To the point |
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To the point |
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Hardly talkative |
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Laconic |
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Far from prolix |
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Hardly verbose |
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Not wordy |
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Abrupt |
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Hardly wordy |
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Hardly sesquipedalian |
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Short and maybe sweet |
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Not saying much |
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Concise |
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By no means long-winded |
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Brusque |
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Pithy |
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Concise |
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In headlinese, say |
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Pithy |
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Brief and pithy |
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To the point |
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To-the-point |
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Pithy |
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Succinct |
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Not long-winded |
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Hardly windy |
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Not long-winded |
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Succinct |
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Hardly windy |
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Hardly windy |
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Hardly prolix |
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Hardly windy |
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Compact |
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Short-spoken |
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Of few words |
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Laconic |
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Not windy |
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Not at all windy |
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Not longwinded |
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Like Coolidge's utterances |
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Not wordy |
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Far from verbose |
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Neither wordy, verbose, longwinded, loquacious, nor like this clue |
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Pithy |
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Succinct |
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Short-winded |
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Not at all wordy |
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Short and sweet |
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Certainly not verbose |
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Curt |
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By no means long-winded |
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Like aphorisms |
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Like aphorisms |
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Hardly windy |
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Not quite elliptical |
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Not windy |
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Short and sweet |
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Not going on |
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Sparing of words |
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Epigrammatic |
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Brief |
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Short-spoken |
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Hardly prolix |
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Not windy? |
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Not verbose |
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Short and sweet |
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Short and to the point |
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Monosyllabic, perhaps |
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Short and sweet? |
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Economical wordwise |
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Short and sweet |
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Unlike most Jesse Jackson speeches |
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Succinct |
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Of few words |
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Free of superfluity |
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Clipped |
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Short and snappy |
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Pauciloquent |
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Of few words |
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Far from prolix |
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Like headlines |
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Without wasted words |
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Tactiturn |
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Right to the point |
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Short and to the point |
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Short-spoken |
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Like Silent Cal |
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As in a nutshell |
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Lacking long-windedness |
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Like an aphorism |
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Elliptical |
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Antisesquipedalian |
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In telegraphese |
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Short and maybe sweet |
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Pithy |
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Succient |
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Brief and to the point |
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Pointed |
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Succintly worded |
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Blunt |
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Laconic |
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Compendious |
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Short and sharp |
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Revision of 20 Across |
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Very short |
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Sententious |
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Summary |
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Concise |
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Cryptic |
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Pithy |
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Epigrammatic |
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Opposite of prolix |
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Wasting no words |
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Far from verbose |
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Not verbose |
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Polished |
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Concentrated |
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Short and pithy |
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Succinct. |
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Brief. |
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Concise. |
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To the point. |
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Compendious. |
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Short. |
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With no words wasted. |
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Cryptic. |
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Brusque. |
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Not prolix. |
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Laconic. |
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Inherently: Lat. |
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Not verbose. |
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Wasting no words. |
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Unwordy. |
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Pithy. |
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Sententious. |
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Sparely worded. |
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Telegraphic. |
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Not wordy. |
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Curt. |
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Short and sweet. |
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Compact. |
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Pithy; concise. |
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Unverbose. |
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Clipped |
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Not windy |
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To the point |
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