| Clue | Length | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Shortness | 7 letters | silence |
| Shortness | 7 letters | reserve |
| Shortness | 7 letters | brevity |
| Shortness | 8 letters | severity |
| Shortness | 8 letters | quietude |
| Shortness | 9 letters | sharpness |
| Shortness | 9 letters | smallness |
| Shortness | 9 letters | roughness |
| Shortness | 9 letters | reclining |
| Shortness | 9 letters | surliness |
| Shortness | 9 letters | swiftness |
| Shortness | 9 letters | terseness |
| Shortness | 9 letters | closeness |
| Shortness | 10 letters | scantiness |
| Shortness | 10 letters | recumbency |
| Shortness | 10 letters | transience |
| Shortness | 10 letters | abruptness |
| Shortness | 10 letters | truculence |
| Shortness | 10 letters | abridgment |
| Shortness | 11 letters | prostration |
| Shortness | 11 letters | pointedness |
| Shortness | 11 letters | conciseness |
| Shortness | 12 letters | succinctness |
| Shortness | 12 letters | abbreviation |
| Shortness | 15 letters | compendiousness |
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