Last seen in:
- L.A. Times Daily - Dec 6 2025
- Universal - Oct 25 2025
- New York Times - Dec 20 2022
- The Washington Post - Sep 10 2020
- L.A. Times Daily - Sep 10 2020
- The Guardian - Speedy crossword No 1,254 - Oct 13 2019
- L.A. Times Daily - Apr 19 2019
- The Washington Post - Apr 19 2019
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 29,023 - Apr 12 2019
- Canadiana - Jan 14 2019
Related Clues:
- Crisply brief
- Snappy cricket stroke picking up runs
- Dismissively short
- Extract from letters, extremely brief
- Brief; abrupt
- Brief leaders in the Sunday Express about royalty
- Sententious
- Sparing with words
- Barrister sensibly covers brief
- Shrub with bright autumn colours
- Short cuts through Battersea
- Sparing with words; abrupt
- Aphoristic
- Using few words from letter selectively
- Abrupt aspect of quartermaster sergeant