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The Clue
In telegraphese (5 letter answer)
The Answer
TERSE
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Notes
The answer TERSE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
Clipped
Compendious
Concise
Crisp
Curt
Elliptical
Pauciloquent
Pithy
To the point
Succinct
Unwordy
Brief and to the point
Hardly garrulous
Hardly prolix
Not wordy
Like Coolidge's utterances
Not drawn out
Short and maybe not sweet
Like the review "Hated it," e.g.
Definition
TERSE as an adjective:
1. (crisp, curt, laconic, 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"