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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

TSA
An agency established in 2001 to safeguard United States transportation systems and insure safe air travel

4 letters

TART
Harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark"

5 letters

BLUFF
The act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

TERSE

TERSE
Brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"

CRISP
Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"

BRUSK
Marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"

SHORT
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"

6 letters

ABRUPT
Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"

SNIPPY

SILENT
Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

CRUSTY
Brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"

7 letters

RUSHING
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line; "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush"

SUMMARY
A brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

BRITTLE
Having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"

LACONIC
Brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"

CONCISE
Expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"

BRUSQUE
Marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"

OFFHAND
In a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"

8 letters

SNAPPISH
Apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice"

SUCCINCT
Briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

TACITURN
Habitually reserved and uncommunicative

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IMPERIOUS
Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

DARNEDEST

PESTILENT
Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"

OFFHANDED
In a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"

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TIGHTLIPPED
Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"

12 letters

BREVILOQUENT