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The Clue

Short and maybe not sweet (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

Blunt
Breviloquent
Brief
Brusque
Clipped
Concentrated
Concise
Cryptic
Curt
Laconic
Pauciloquent
Pithy
To the point
Short
Succinct
Brief and to the point
Elliptical, in a way
Hardly wandering
Hardly windy
Like headlines
Short-winded
Like Hemingway's prose

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"