Short and not so sweet
The crossword clue "Short and not so sweet" is answered by CURT, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
CURT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CURT answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CURT
Every other clue in this collection answered by CURT, most used first.
- Brusque - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
- Abrupt - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Rudely brief - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Short - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- Rudely abrupt - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Terse - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Snippy - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Rudely terse - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Snappish - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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- Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
- And others: Abbr. - ETAL, used 329 times
- __ and crafts - ARTS, used 303 times
- Black-and-white cookie - OREO, used 272 times
- Chills and fever - AGUE, used 232 times
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