Possible Clues:

• That's what's frightful about the century of shortage
• Short enough to frighten one around the century
• Hard to find when in short supply
• Might a curfew make dogs like this?
• At a premium
• Might counsel be made to care? Not much
• Like cabs on a rainy day
• Short
• Would counsel care to be thin on the ground?
• Panic about the copperhead is rare