Short and sweet
The crossword clue "Short and sweet" is answered by TERSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 35 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TERSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TERSE answer page.
Used 35 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 13 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.
- BRIEF (4 uses in xd)
- CONCISE (3 uses in xd)
- PITHY (3 uses in xd)
- TOTHEPOINT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TERSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TERSE, most used first.
- Succinct - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
- Concise - used 90 times, most recently in 2025
- Pithy - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
- Laconic - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
- Not wordy - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Short and to the point - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardly wordy - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Up and about - ASTIR, used 274 times
- "Pomp and Circumstance" composer - ELGAR, used 99 times
- Flora and fauna - BIOTA, used 81 times
- Oohed and __ - AAHED, used 77 times
- Short-tempered - TESTY, used 76 times
- Take the honey and run - ELOPE, used 71 times
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