Shortest month (8)
I believe the answer is:
february
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">shortest month</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for february that I've seen before include "Month of Lincoln's, Washington's birthdays" , "a few weeks" , "In wintertime" , "Month named for Roman festival of purification" , "Period of 28 or 29 days?" .)