Laconic
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

MUM
Secrecy; "mum's the word"

CUT
With parts removed; "the drastically cut film"

4 letters

SNUG
A small secluded room

MUTE
A device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument

DUMB
Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

CALM
Wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale

CURT
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"

5 letters

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"

PITHY
Concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

TIGHT
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"

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

QUITE
To a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"

QUIET
A disposition free from stress or emotion

CLOSE
The concluding part of any performance

BRIEF
A condensed written summary or abstract

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

6 letters

SILENT
Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

PRUNED

GNOMIC
Relating to or containing gnomes; "gnomic verse"

FRUGAL
Avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

DOCKED

7 letters

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

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

SMARTAN

POINTED
Direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction"

COMPACT
A small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse

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"

CLIPPED
Cut or trimmed by clipping; "a handsome man with a clipped moustache"; "clipped hedges"; "close-clipped lawns"; "a clipped poodle"

CONICAL
Relating to or resembling a cone; "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit"

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

UNWORDY

8 letters

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"

WORDLESS
Expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe

FLEETING
Lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"

RESERVED
Marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West

ELLIPTIC
(of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse

ABRIDGED
(used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version"

9 letters

CONDENSED

TOOFRUGAL

WORDBOUND

SHORTENED
Cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"

10 letters

OFFEWWORDS

APHORISTIC
Containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom"

TONGUETIED

TOTHEPOINT

SYNOPSIZED

SPEECHLESS
Temporarily incapable of speaking; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"

ELLIPTICAL
Characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor

CONTRACTED
Reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils of her eyes"

COMPRESSED
Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

TRANCUATED

11 letters

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

UNTALKATIVE
Temperamentally disinclined to talk

SENTENTIOUS
Concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

COMPENDIOUS
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"

ABBREVIATED
(of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"

12 letters

UNLOQUACIOUS

EPIGRAMMATIC
Terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction"

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

CLOSETONGUED

APOSIOPESTIC

13 letters

SHORTANDSWEET
Dealt with very quickly; to the point; "the conference was short and sweet"; "make your statement short and sweet"

14 letters

SPARINGOFWORDS

16 letters

INDISPOSEDTOTALK

17 letters

ECONOMICALOFWORDS