| TERSELY | In a short or curt manner (7) |
| ABRUPTLY | In a rude or curt manner (8) |
| ADVERTS | A short or informal word for blurbs, commercials, jingles, plugs, pop-ups, trailers or other public promotions (7) |
| MACAQUE | Monkey with a short or no tail (7) |
| MOORAGE | Painter's tied up here a short or long time (7) |
| LECTURE | Talk about Lee having a curt manner! (7) |
| BRUSQUE | Blunt or curt (7) |
| BREVE | Curved mark used to indicate in dictionaries a short vowel or in poems a short or unstressed syllabl |
| MERC | A short or informal name of a car symbolised by a three-pointed star; or, a soldier of fortune (4) |
| TROCHEE | In prosody, a metrical foot of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed one (7) |
| CABALETTA | From the Italian for "horse", a word for a short or simple aria with an accompaniment evocative of said animal's cantering or galloping gait (9) |
| PYRRHIC | In prosody, a metrical foot of two short or unstressed syllables (7) |
| HOWITZER | Cannon with a short or medium barrel and a steep angle of fire |
| TEMPORARY | For a short or limited period (9) |
| TOCCATINA | A short or simple musical composition (9) |
| DOZE | A short or light sleep (4) |
| ABRUPT | Word meaning sudden or unexpected; brusque or curt in manner or speech; or, precipitous (6) |
| VEG | A short or informal word for various edible bulbs, leaves, roots, seeds and tubers, such as fennel, garlic, kale, parsnips, petit pois and sweet potatoes (3) |
| PEMBROKE | Small variety of corgi, usually with a short or docked tail (8) |
| JOCKEYS | They're usually short... or shorts |
