Terse
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Irish Independent - Simple.
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Publications
- Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 4 Nov 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Monday, 23 Aug 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 2 Jun 2021
- The Mirror Classic - Friday, 23 Apr 2021
- The Mirror Classic - Friday, 22 Jan 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 21 Dec 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020
- USA Today - Thursday, 29 Oct 2020
- The Mirror Classic - Tuesday, 13 Oct 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 28 Mar 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 22 Jan 2020
- The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 14 May 2017
Crossword Answers
4 letters
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
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
BRIEF
A condensed written summary or abstract
SHORT
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"
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"
6 letters
ABRUPT
Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"
7 letters
CLIPPED
Cut or trimmed by clipping; "a handsome man with a clipped moustache"; "clipped hedges"; "close-clipped lawns"; "a clipped poodle"
LACONIC
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"
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"
8 letters
RETICENT
Reluctant to draw attention to yourself
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"
10 letters
TOTHEPOINT
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
11 letters
SHORTWINDED
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"
12 letters
EPIGRAMMATIC
Terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction"
13 letters
SHORTANDSWEET
Dealt with very quickly; to the point; "the conference was short and sweet"; "make your statement short and sweet"