| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| TERSE | Brusque | |
| CURT | Brusque | |
| BLUNT | Brusque | |
| ABRUPT | Brusque | |
| OFFHAND | Brusque, casual | |
| BRUSK | Same as Brusque. | |
| BLUFFY | Inclined to bo bluff; brusque. | |
| CAVALIER | Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque. | |
| BRUSQUENESS | Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness. | |
| BRUSQUE | Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style. | |
| BLUFF | Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain. | |
| LACONICAL | Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. | |