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Short End Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is STUB which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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noun

• a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost

• a small piece

• a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt

• the part of a check that is retained as a record

• the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

verb

• pull up (weeds) by their roots

• extinguish by crushing

• clear of weeds by uprooting them

• strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object

30%3 Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short"
noun

• an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code

27%5 Get the __ end of the stick
adjective

• primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

• (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

• low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal

• (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

• not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

• of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

noun

• the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

• accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

adverb

• clean across

• without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

• at some point or distance before a goal is reached

• so as to interrupt

• at a disadvantage

• in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

• quickly and without warning

adjective satellite

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need

• less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

• lacking foresight or scope

• tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

• marked by rude or peremptory shortness

verb

• cheat someone by not returning him enough money

• create a short circuit in

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New York Times31 Oct 1999 Down 137
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