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• TERSE5 letters

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  Appeared in 2 New York Times Crosswords between May 1996 and February 2008.
• INFORM6 letters

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  Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Sunday, July 14, 2024.
• DIGEST6 letters

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  Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Sunday, October 13, 2013.
• MINI4 letters

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  Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Sunday, February 4, 1996.

• Not having quite enough money

  New York Times · Tuesday, July 21, 2026 · 5 letters

• Wanting

  New York Times · Saturday, December 28, 2024 · 5 letters

• Curt

  New York Times · Sunday, March 3, 2024 · 5 letters

• Lacking

  New York Times · Saturday, July 15, 2023 · 5 letters

• Snippy

  New York Times · Sunday, December 25, 2022 · 5 letters

• Current issue?

  New York Times · Friday, September 23, 2022 · 5 letters

• Pleasantly concise

  New York Times · Wednesday, January 19, 2022 · 5 letters

• Missing funds

  New York Times · Friday, August 27, 2021 · 5 letters

• Electrical problem

  New York Times · Thursday, May 28, 2020 · 5 letters

• Low on dough

  New York Times · Sunday, May 24, 2020 · 5 letters

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• 7-Down Fashionably old-fashioned
• 8-Down "___ a date!"
• 9-Across Is behind
• 9-Down Like some sandwiches
• 10-Down Super-silly sort
• 11-Down Thin air
• 13-Across ___ jelly, popular boba tea topping
• 14-Across Beginning
• 14-Down It may be in the low 90s
• 15-Across Orbit, e.g.
• 16-Across Little guys in striped coats
• 17-Down Make fizzy