The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 5 letter word IN SHORT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result IN SHORT
- At home, order constrains husband to be brief
- Republican on camera coming round to sum up
- Point covered by this or otherwise, to be concise
- Switch on this about right, briefly
- Briefly visible through lens, river captured
- Briefly exposing knees? Not quite
- Trendy type touring hospital, briefly
- Toxins, horticulturist held briefly
- Briefly renovated chain stores after loss of case
- Horn, it's blown briefly
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "to be concise" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case to be concise = in short.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.