Shorter form of a term meaning bitter or sour in flavour, or forthright in speech Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Shorter form of a term meaning bitter or sour in flavour, or forthright in speech last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ACERB.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ACERB Shorter form of a term meaning bitter or sour in flavour, or forthright in speech (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Jul 30, 2023
4% TASTE Flavour (5) The Telegraph Quick Sep 5, 2025
4% ACIDIC Sour (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 3, 2025
4% RANCID Sour (6) The Telegraph Quick Sep 1, 2025
4% OKAPI Giraffe's shorter cousin (5) Wall Street Journal Aug 26, 2025
4% ACRID Bitter and sour when blocked by resistance (5) (5)
4% SWEET ... or sour (5)
4% ASL Form of speech in "CODA": Abbr. (3) Commuter Jun 21, 2025
4% ANGOSTURA Bitter herb flavouring for cocktails (9) (9)
4% PUTBLUNTLY In forthright terms (10)

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