Clues for the word "SHORT"
We've had 127 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 204 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 16, 2026.
Definition of short
- superl. - Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
- superl. - Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
- superl. - Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.
- superl. - Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money.
- superl. - Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
- superl. - Not distant in time; near at hand.
- superl. - Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.
- superl. - Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of.
- superl. - Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
- superl. - Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
- superl. - Brittle.
- superl. - Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.
- adv. - Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.
- n. - A summary account.
- n. - The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
- n. - Short, inferior hemp.
- n. - Breeches; shortclothes.
- n. - A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
- adv. - In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
- v. t. - To shorten.
- v. i. - To fail; to decrease.
Referring Clues
- Strapped
- Fall ___ (miss one's goal)
- Pint-sized
- Brusque
- Shy
- Lacking
- Missing money
- One way to be caught
- Cheat, in a way
- Unable to pay the bill
- Brief
- Reason for lights going out
- Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues
- Word before bread or cake
- Martin of "Father of the Bride"
- ___ game (chips, pitches, and putts)
- Word before term or circuit
- In need of cash
- With 47-Down, magazine fiction, perhaps
- In need of money
- Needing cash
- Hardly patient
- Not quite enough
- Unable to pay
- Concise
- "Father of the Bride" actor
- Stature-deprived
- Strapped for cash
- Needing money
- Underfunded
- Electrical problem
- Not a good way to come up
- Like some vowels
- In need of dough
- Position between second and third
- Wiring problem
- Like the unlucky straw
- Low on funds
- Pixar DVD extra, often
- Terse
- Insufficient
- Succinct
- There has been one with every Pixar film since 1998
- Height-challenged
- Without enough money
- Comedian Martin of SCTV
- Like someone nicknamed "Sprout"
- Sweet partner
- Third neighbor?
- TV comic Martin
- A little underfunded
- Potential fire hazard
- Position between second and third, informally
- Curt
- Scanty
- Stature-impaired?
- Like an onside kick
- Problem for an electrician
- Small in stature
- Vertically challenged
- Not long enough
- Abrupt
- Lacking in stature
- Height-impaired
- Written in few words
- and sweet
- Low on cash
- Brief in duration
- Word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 65-Across and 10- and 30-Down
- Not tall
- Taking little time
- Lacking a quorum
- Lacking money for a drink of spirits
- Of little length
- Like Randy Newman's "People"
- Rude chess player of diminished stature
- Bottom gear for some kids on bikes?
- See 10
- Hard up and so brusque
- Description of 7 brutally forthright? Alas, yes!
- Literary genre such as those by ...
- Funnyman Martin
- Wanting some monkfish or turbot
- LA is a current problem
- Spirit that'll cut out juice with 15
- Annal, perhaps, of Labour politician: the man's Conservative
- See 18
- Electrician's headache
- Somewhat curt because shy?
- Stubby
- Can "Turtles Have ___ Legs"
- Word before list or loin
- Small drink
- Not giving enough
- With not enough cash
- Not having quite enough cash
- Rum in spirits taken by cautious gambler?
- Lacking sufficient funds
- Lacking, but not for long
- Faulty connection, but not for long
- Word with "story" or "straw"
- ___-sheeting (bed prank)
- Not long
- Low on dough
- Lacking money, possibly shy
- Low on money
- Brief film
- In brief, it can blow a fuse
- Gruff
- Such a story is not a tall one
- Film that's not very long
- Missing funds
- Like hair in a pixie cut
- Pleasantly concise
- With 39-Across, some Sundance submissions ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle
- Current issue?
- Sawed-off
- Snippy
- "___ Skirt/Long Jacket" (2001 Cake song)
- A long way from tall
- "Only Murders in the Building" actor Martin
- Current problem
- Wanting
- In the red
- Like some stories
- Not quite able to pay
- One way to sell stock
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 16, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 08, 2025
- LA Times - November 19, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 18, 2025
- New York Times - October 28, 2025
- LA Times - October 15, 2025
- LA Times - September 27, 2025
- New York Times - September 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - July 27, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 02, 2025
- LA Times - June 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 05, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 24, 2025
- LA Times - February 09, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 27, 2025
- LA Times - January 08, 2025
- Daily American - December 29, 2024
- New York Times - December 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 20, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 13, 2024
- USA Today - December 02, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 20, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 04, 2024
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