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The Clue

Very short (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
Compendious
Concise
Elliptical
Epigrammatic
Laconic
Pithy
To the point
Pointed
Succinct
Hardly rambling
Hardly wandering
Hardly wordy
Like headlines
Not flowery
Not windy
Not wordy
Not at all garrulous
Not at all windy
Not saying much

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"