| 2026-07-04 | Short |
| 2025-09-27 | Short |
| 2025-03-19 | Short-spoken |
| 2024-08-06 | Brusque |
| 2024-05-10 | Hardly flowery |
| 2024-04-28 | To the point |
| 2024-02-01 | Like the responses of "yes" or "no" |
| 2023-10-13 | To the point |
| 2023-09-12 | Brusque |
| 2023-09-03 | Like one-word commands |
| 2023-09-01 | Abrupt |
| 2023-06-18 | Clipped |
| 2023-05-04 | Short |
| 2022-12-20 | Laconic |
| 2022-06-27 | Brusque |
| 2022-04-15 | Unlike filibusters |
| 2022-03-27 | Clipped |
| 2022-02-28 | In few words |
| 2021-05-05 | Cut short |
| 2020-10-11 | Snippy, in a way |
| 2020-02-19 | Lacking in detail |
| 2019-09-22 | To the point |
| 2019-09-09 | Opposite of verbose |
| 2019-04-20 | Brusque |
| 2018-09-23 | Short |
| 2018-06-26 | Short, concise and to the point (unlike this clue) |
| 2018-02-28 | To the point |
| 2017-03-05 | To the point |
| 2017-02-13 | Succinctly put |
| 2016-09-04 | Like Calvin Coolidge |
| 2016-09-01 | Curt |
| 2016-07-28 | Not windy |
| 2016-06-02 | To the point |
| 2016-05-15 | Like tweets |
| 2016-03-13 | Facetious response to "Describe yourself in three adjectives" |
| 2016-03-12 | Like the answer "No." |
| 2016-02-10 | Hardly long-winded |
| 2015-12-11 | Like newspaper headlines, typically |
| 2015-09-07 | Brief and pithy |
| 2014-11-03 | Like one-word answers |
| 2014-06-06 | Short |
| 2014-03-13 | Breviloquent |
| 2013-12-15 | Crisp |
| 2013-09-08 | Short-winded |
| 2013-07-27 | Clipped |
| 2013-06-11 | Hardly rambling |
| 2013-03-21 | Elliptical, in a way |
| 2013-03-03 | Like tweets, by necessity |
| 2013-02-16 | Clipped |
| 2012-09-26 | Adhering to Strunk and White's advice "Omit needless words" |
| 2012-09-25 | Hardly wandering |
| 2012-06-09 | Clipped |
| 2012-01-25 | Like telegrams, typically |
| 2012-01-10 | Unwordy |
| 2011-10-30 | Curt |
| 2011-10-28 | Short |
| 2011-09-21 | Concise |
| 2011-08-19 | Clipped |
| 2011-07-06 | Like Hemingway's prose |
| 2011-06-03 | Without any embroidery |
| 2011-04-20 | Hardly windy |
| 2011-03-06 | To the point |
| 2010-12-04 | Not flowery |
| 2010-06-29 | Like the review "Hated it," e.g. |
| 2009-10-10 | Not drawn out |
| 2009-05-10 | Not at all garrulous |
| 2008-06-15 | Short and often not sweet |
| 2008-04-27 | Brusque |
| 2008-03-16 | Curt |
| 2008-02-24 | Brief |
| 2008-01-06 | Unpadded |
| 2007-11-28 | Hardly garrulous |
| 2007-03-20 | Far from windy |
| 2007-02-02 | To the point |
| 2006-08-13 | Breviloquent |
| 2006-07-13 | Short and maybe not sweet |
| 2006-05-28 | To the point |
| 2006-05-14 | Clipped |
| 2005-12-02 | Clipped |
| 2005-11-20 | Clipped |
| 2005-09-26 | Not saying much |
| 2005-08-23 | Abrupt |
| 2005-07-23 | Hardly sesquipedalian |
| 2005-04-19 | Hardly wordy |
| 2005-02-14 | Concise |
| 2005-01-13 | Not wandering |
| 2004-12-12 | Clipped |
| 2004-08-19 | Clipped |
| 2004-07-02 | In headlinese, say |
| 2004-04-17 | Clipped |
| 2003-12-06 | Clipped |
| 2003-07-29 | To the point |
| 2003-04-12 | Not at all windy |
| 2002-09-16 | Not wordy |
| 2002-07-15 | Succinct |
| 2002-07-09 | Like Coolidge's utterances |
| 2002-06-23 | Brusque |
| 2002-03-04 | To the point |
| 2002-02-23 | Clipped |
| 2001-12-08 | Not going on |
| 2001-10-06 | Clipped |
| 2001-07-09 | To the point |
| 2001-05-11 | Hardly prolix |
| 2000-12-10 | Clipped |
| 2000-08-21 | Short-winded |
| 2000-06-10 | Breviloquent |
| 2000-04-08 | Clipped |
| 2000-03-16 | Short-winded |
| 2000-01-18 | To the point |
| 1999-11-20 | Like headlines |
| 1999-10-11 | To the point |
| 1999-03-20 | Not windy |
| 1999-02-07 | Pauciloquent |
| 1998-07-18 | Clipped |
| 1998-04-27 | To the point |
| 1997-06-23 | Brusque |
| 1997-05-10 | Elliptical |
| 1997-05-02 | Antisesquipedalian |
| 1997-01-19 | Clipped |
| 1996-12-26 | Short-winded |
| 1996-11-23 | Not windy |
| 1996-11-13 | Short and maybe sweet |
| 1996-10-06 | In telegraphese |
| 1996-09-15 | Pointed |
| 1996-07-01 | Brief and to the point |
| 1996-06-05 | Pithy |
| 1996-05-28 | Concise |
| 1996-05-19 | Brief |
| 1996-02-27 | Succinct |
| 1996-01-08 | Succinct |
| 1995-10-30 | To the point |
| 1995-10-23 | Succinct |
| 1995-08-07 | Succinct |
| 1995-06-23 | Hardly windy |
| 1995-03-12 | To the point |
| 1995-02-06 | Succintly worded |
| 1994-12-19 | Succinct |
| 1994-10-30 | Laconic |
| 1994-08-05 | Succinct |
| 1994-07-27 | Blunt |
| 1994-07-21 | Curt |
| 1994-07-10 | Elliptical |