Clever and brief Crossword Clue

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(adjective)
1. concise and full of meaning

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CLEVER (adjective)
1. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
2. showing inventiveness and skill
BRIEF (noun)
1. a document stating the facts and points of law of a client’s case
2. a condensed written summary or abstract
BRIEF (adjective)
1. (of clothing) very short
2. concise and succinct
BRIEF (verb)
1. give essential information to someone

More NYT Crossword (2/18/2025) Answers

Across

1. "Ruh-___!" (Astro's "Yikes!")

4. Got 100% on

8. Catastrophe

14. 918 or 539, on the Cherokee Nation

16. Emphatic rejection

17. Seriously?

19. Word after first or leading

20. Indirectly unkind

21. Identity thieves' targets, for short

22. Bit of hair cream

24. "Enough already! I'll do it!"

26. Purveyor of pampering

28. Kennewick ___ (ancient ancestor discovered in 1996)

31. Duel units

35. Relations

36. Seriously?

40. What a wool sweater may cause

42. Calendar listing

43. Currency common to Cyprus and Croatia

44. Seriously?

47. Part of a set in a workout

48. Damascus is its capital

49. ___ kwon do

50. Music holders in racks

51. Take it easy

54. "not gonna lie lol ..."

56. Opportunity

59. Jingly change

63. ___ Major (bear constellation)

66. Seriously?

69. Intensifies

70. Mode of transportation that requires good balance

71. Loch monster's nickname

72. Found a buyer for

73. Ends of some bouts

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Down

1. ___ trail (rhyming path that formerly had tracks)

2. Oceanic apex predator

3. Important powwow figure

4. Section of a play

5. Corn cores

6. Garden with a tempting snake

7. Section of a supermarket

8. Place for blush (or for a blush)

9. Title for M.L.K., for short

10. Glide around on a rink

11. The ___ the limit!

12. Privy to

13. ___-chef

15. "Furiosa" star Taylor-Joy

18. Altar answer

23. X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 or X6

25. Photo __

26. Short comedy pieces

29. Palestinian activist Tamimi

30. ___ Scotia

32. New Mexico site of the largest radioactive accident in U.S. history

33. Dog-___ pages

34. Points on bus routes

37. Fourth after Aug.

38. Will do!

39. At Last singer James

41. Move that sends tresses flying

45. Where Dubai is: Abbr.

46. So far

52. Extent, as of a project

53. Overly

55. Nautical marker

56. Black and/or white water bird

57. Away's opponent

58. *sheepish grimace*

60. Ones vowing payback?

61. Don't-do

62. Gardeners bagful

64. Unassisted

65. Amazes

67. Dijon-mustered "yes"?

68. Something Paxil may treat, for short

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