| 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) |
|
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| Pithy |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Steer out to the point (5) |
|
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| Not at all long-winded |
|
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| Compact, concise (5) |
|
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| A compact arrangement of trees (5) |
|
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| Compact street, one time gone, is repaired (5) |
|
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| Using few words whilst replanting trees (5) |
|
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| Be short and steer around it (5) |
|
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| Short tango: poetry when taking the lead (5) |
|
|
| Hardly wordy |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Mar 2024 |
| You need to reset it in a concise manner |
|
|
| Brief and abrupt |
|
|
| Short start to the tune by the Irish (5) |
|
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| 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 |
|
|
| 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 (5) |
|
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| Half-hearted setter misinterpreted brief |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Not wasting any words |
|
|
| In short, is in Battersea (5) |
|
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| In short, some waiters earn little (5) |
|
|
| Curt |
Mirror Tea Time |
11 Feb 2024 |
| Like the responses of "yes" or "no" |
New York Times |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Curt, succinct (5) |
|
|
| Succinct |
Premier Sunday |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Laconic origin of true language |
|
|
| Using few words |
Commuter |
26 Jan 2024 |
| Laconic, pithy |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 Jan 2024 |
| Correcting. There's an H missing in "short" (5) |
|
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| 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 |
| Reticent about trees |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Jan 2024 |
| Curt |
Mirror Quick |
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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| Without verbiage (5) |
|
|
| Through the tree, flickering sun comes, in short (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 |
|
|
| Not long-winded |
Newsday |
22 Nov 2023 |
| Succinct snappy |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Using few words |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2023 |
| 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 |
| Far from windy |
Newsday |
25 Mar 2023 |
| To the point |
Universal |
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 |
|
|
| 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 |
The Washington Post |
21 May 2022 |
| Clipped |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
19 Aug 2021 |
| Succinct |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| To the point |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2019 |
| Without extra verbiage |
The Washington Post Sunday |
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 |
The Washington Post |
12 Jun 2019 |
| Not windy |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jun 2019 |
| Succinct |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jun 2019 |
| Brusque |
Universal |
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 |
|
|
| 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 |
The Washington Post |
14 Jan 2019 |
| Succinct |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jan 2019 |
| Laconic |
Canadiana |
14 Jan 2019 |
| Short Peter Sellers covers |
|
|
| Concise in speech |
|
|
| Opposite of verbose |
|
|
| Pithy |
|
|
| Curt |
|
|
| Hardly wordy |
|
|
| Short and sweet |
|
|
| Far from verbose |
|
|
| Far from long-winded |
|
|
| Brief, like a tweet |
|
|
| Brusque |
|
|
| Curt |
|
|
| Far from talkative |
|
|
| Laconic |
|
|
| Not windy |
|
|
| To the point |
|
|
| Succinct |
|
|
| To the point |
|
|
| Brusque |
|
|
| 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 |
The Washington Post |
28 Sep 2018 |
| Compact |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
| Right to the point |
|
|
| Compact |
|
|
| Short |
|
|
| Short, concise and to the point (unlike this clue) |
|
|
| Far from talkative |
|
|
| Free of superfluity |
|
|
| To the point |
|
|
| U-turn from verbose |
|
|
| Brief, like many tweets |
|
|
| Hardly chatty |
|
|
| Hardly long-winded |
|
|
| 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 |
| Short and sweet |
The Washington Post |
26 Jan 2017 |
| Saying little on purpose |
Universal |
26 Jan 2017 |
| Briefly worded |
Newsday |
22 Jan 2017 |
| Curt |
|
|
| Using few words |
|
|
| Brief |
|
|
| Short and not so sweet |
|
|
| Saying little on purpose |
|
|
| Not verbose |
|
|
| To the point |
|
|
| Succinctly put |
|
|
| Far from wordy |
|
|
| Briefly worded, like a tweet |
|
|
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Unlike a 17-Across |
Universal |
12 May 2016 |
| Short and succinct |
Irish Times Simplex |
12 May 2016 |
| Not very chatty |
Universal |
29 Apr 2016 |
| Enraged stree is curt |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Like Calvin Coolidge |
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| Short and sweet |
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| Curt |
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| Hardly long-winded |
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| Not windy |
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| Brief in speech |
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| Far from wordy |
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| Not wordy |
Newsday |
28 Dec 2015 |
| Abrupt arbiter settled cases |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| Concise |
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| Without wasting words |
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| Short and to the point |
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| Monosyllabic, perhaps |
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| In a nutshell |
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| Brief and to the point |
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| As in a nutshell |
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| Short half of bitter, then two quarters |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Jan 2015 |
| Far from verbose |
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| Short and snappy |
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| To the point |
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| Hardly talkative |
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| Like some reprimands |
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| Not likely to run on |
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| Not very chatty |
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| Of few words |
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| Short |
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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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| Sparing of words |
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| Brief winter season — victory a boy delivered |
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| Brief taken from master sergeant |
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| Pithy |
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| Laconic |
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| Short-winded |
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| Short and snappy |
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| Short and maybe sweet |
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| Not at all talkative |
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| In telegraphese, e.g. |
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| Epigrammatic |
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| Like one-word answers |
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| Breviloquent |
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| Curt |
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| Brusque |
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| Far from flowery |
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| Brief in speech |
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| Succinctly worded |
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| Hardly verbose |
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| Not wordy |
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| Clipped |
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| Brief in speech |
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| Concise |
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| Concise section of chapter seven |
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| Curt is somewhat bitter secretly |
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| Hardly rambling |
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| Crisp |
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| Clipped |
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| Short and probably not sweet |
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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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| Far from talkative |
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| Short-winded |
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| Laconic |
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| Direct |
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| Without wasted words |
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| Quick and to the point |
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| Brief and pithy |
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| Short and probably not sweet |
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| Short and snappy |
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| Efficiently expressed, maybe |
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| Using few words |
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| Short-winded |
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| Succinct in speech |
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| Brief |
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| Concise in speech |
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| Far from flowery |
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| Not windy |
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| Certainly not verbose |
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| Short-winded |
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| Like tweets, by necessity |
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| Short and snappy |
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| Not long retired back to Home Counties |
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| Short and direct |
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| Brusque |
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| Brief and pithy |
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| Effectively concise |
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| Not flowery |
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| Concise |
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| Unwordy |
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| Far from verbose |
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| Abrupt |
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| Of few words |
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| To the point |
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| Curt |
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| Like telegrams, typically |
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| Brief and to the point |
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| Not long-winded |
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| Hardly wandering |
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| Adhering to Strunk and White's advice "Omit needless words" |
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| Short and sweet |
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| Short |
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| Far from verbose |
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| Succinctly worded |
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| To the point |
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| Not chatty |
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| Short and sweet |
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| Pithy |
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| Concise |
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| Without any embroidery |
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| Like Hemingway's prose |
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| Hardly windy |
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| Concise |
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| Not very vocal |
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| Succinct |
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| Far from diffuse |
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| Compact |
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| Succinct |
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| Pithy |
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| Far from loquacious |
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| Brief and pithy |
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| Of few words |
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| Quick and to the point |
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| Hardly chatty |
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| By no means long-winded |
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| Clipped |
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| Not inclined to go on |
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| Not flowery |
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| Not verbose |
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| By no means long-winded |
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| Brusque |
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| Clipped |
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| Like Coolidge, famously |
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| Brief and to the point |
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| Unlike filibusters |
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| Succinct |
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| Unlike filibusters |
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| Like Coolidge, famously |
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| Short on words |
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| To the point |
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| Like the review "Hated it," e.g. |
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| Like headlines |
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| Concise |
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| Laconic |
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| Not rambling |
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| Without wasting words |
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| Wasting no words |
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| Hardly chatty |
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| No-nonsense |
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| Succinctly worded |
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| Far from windy |
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| Opposite of prolix |
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| Hardly loquacious |
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| Effectively concise |
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| Succinct |
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| Not drawn out |
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| Without elaboration |
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| Hardly wordy |
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| Not at all garrulous |
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| Short-winded |
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| Short-winded |
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| Not verbose |
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| Adjective for Calvin Coolidge's comments |
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| Hardly wordy |
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| Certainly not verbose |
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| Short |
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| Brief and pithy |
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| Hardly long-winded |
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| Hardly sesquipedalian |
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| Brief and pithy |
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| Concise |
|
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| Hardly long-winded |
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| Hardly sesquipedalian |
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| Not inclined to go on |
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| Low on word count |
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| Like headlines |
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| Far from prolix |
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| Brusque |
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| Compendious |
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| Not roundabout |
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| Shortwinded |
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| Epigrammatic |
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| Brief |
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| Short and often not sweet |
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| Unpadded |
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| Like Calvin Coolidge, famously |
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| Curt |
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| Not garrulous |
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| Far from windy |
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| Hardly garrulous |
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| Like aphorisms |
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| Right to the point |
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| Hardly gabby |
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| Not garrulous |
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| To-the-point |
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| Far from flowery |
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| Of few words |
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| Laconic |
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| To the point |
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| Using few words |
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| Hardly gabby |
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| Short and to the point |
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| Concise |
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| Far from flowery |
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| Compendious |
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| Far from prolix |
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| Not long-winded |
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| Brief and to the point |
|
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| Short and maybe not sweet |
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| Brusque |
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| Not windy |
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| Hardly talkative |
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| Not wordy |
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| Not wordy |
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| Short and to-the-point |
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| Laconic |
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| Abrupt |
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| Short and sweet |
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| Hardly sesquipedalian |
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| Hardly wordy |
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| Not saying much |
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| Not wandering |
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| Not wordy |
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| Not mincing words |
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| Pithy |
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| Not roundabout |
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| Concise |
|
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| Short and maybe sweet |
|
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| Like headlines |
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| By no means long-winded |
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| Brusque |
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| Far from prolix |
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| Hardly loquacious |
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| Hardly verbose |
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| Hardly talkative |
|
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| To the point |
|
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| To the point |
|
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| Brusque |
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| In headlinese, say |
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| Pithy |
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| Concise |
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| Pithy |
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| To-the-point |
|
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| Brief and pithy |
|
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| Pithy |
|
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| To the point |
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| Not at all windy |
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| Hardly windy |
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| Compact |
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| Short-spoken |
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| Succinct |
|
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| Hardly prolix |
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| Not long-winded |
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| Succinct |
|
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| Not long-winded |
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| Hardly windy |
|
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| Not windy |
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| Not longwinded |
|
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| Hardly windy |
|
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| Laconic |
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| Of few words |
|
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| Hardly windy |
|
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| Succinct |
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| Not wordy |
|
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| Like Coolidge's utterances |
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| Hardly windy |
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| Not at all wordy |
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| Pithy |
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| Like aphorisms |
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| Neither wordy, verbose, longwinded, loquacious, nor like this clue |
|
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| By no means long-winded |
|
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| Curt |
|
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| Far from verbose |
|
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| Short-winded |
|
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| Like aphorisms |
|
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| Short and sweet |
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| Certainly not verbose |
|
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| Not going on |
|
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| Hardly prolix |
|
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| Not quite elliptical |
|
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| Short and sweet |
|
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| Short-spoken |
|
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| Sparing of words |
|
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| Not windy |
|
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| Epigrammatic |
|
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| Brief |
|
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| Monosyllabic, perhaps |
|
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| Short and to the point |
|
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| Not verbose |
|
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| Economical wordwise |
|
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| Unlike most Jesse Jackson speeches |
|
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| Short and sweet |
|
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| Short and sweet? |
|
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| Short and sweet |
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| Not windy? |
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| Pauciloquent |
|
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| Free of superfluity |
|
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| Far from prolix |
|
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| Short and snappy |
|
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| Succinct |
|
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| Of few words |
|
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| Clipped |
|
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| Of few words |
|
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| Like headlines |
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| Like an aphorism |
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| As in a nutshell |
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| Lacking long-windedness |
|
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| Right to the point |
|
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| Short-spoken |
|
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| Short and to the point |
|
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| Without wasted words |
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| Like Silent Cal |
|
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| Tactiturn |
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| Elliptical |
|
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| Antisesquipedalian |
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| Pointed |
|
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| In telegraphese |
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| Succient |
|
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| Short and maybe sweet |
|
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| Pithy |
|
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| Brief and to the point |
|
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| Succintly worded |
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| Laconic |
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| Blunt |
|
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| Compendious |
|
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| Short and sharp |
|
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| Very short |
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| Revision of 20 Across |
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| Sententious |
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| Summary |
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| Concise |
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| Cryptic |
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| Epigrammatic |
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| Pithy |
|
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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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| Concise. |
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| Brief. |
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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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| Not wordy. |
|
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| Telegraphic. |
|
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| Short and sweet. |
|
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| Curt. |
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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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