Brief
The crossword clue "Brief" is answered by SHORT, a 5-letter entry. Used 30 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SHORT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHORT answer page.
Used 30 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CONCISE (3 uses in xd)
- CURSORY (2 uses in xd)
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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