Brief in duration
The crossword clue "Brief in duration" is answered by SHORT, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHORT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHORT answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SHORT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHORT, most used first.
- Brief - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Electrical problem - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Strapped for cash - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Concise - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Low on cash - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Low on funds - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Wiring problem - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Lacking - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Taking little time - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Brief brawl - SETTO, used 42 times
- Brief fight - SETTO, used 29 times
- Brief appearance - CAMEO, used 26 times
- Brief argument - SETTO, used 25 times
- Brief tussle - SETTO, used 23 times
- Brief summary - RECAP, used 22 times
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