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Short cut from Battersea (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

terse

'short' is the definition.
(terse can mean short or brusque)

'cut from battersea' is the wordplay.
'cut from' indicates a hidden word (the answer is cut out of the clue).
'TERSE' can be found hidden inside 'battersea'.

(Other definitions for terse that I've seen before include "Curtly brief" , "Succinct about trees" , "Aphoristic" , "Crisply brief" , "Using few words" .)

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