Clipped (5)
'clipped' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for terse that I've seen before include "Brusque and curt" , "Curtly brief" , "Sparing with words; abrupt" , "Curt among trees" , "Briefly expressed" .)
(Other definitions for pared that I've seen before include "Of a fruit, peeled" , "Trimmed - peeled" , "Whittled as with pencil" , "Did prune" , "Trimmed like pencil." .)
'clipped' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for shorn that I've seen before include "Subjected to a shearing" , "Having taken coat off" , "set upon by strippers?" , "Having had fleece removed" , "De-fleeced" .)
'clipped' is the definition.
('nip' can be a synonym of 'clip')
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for nipped that I've seen before include "Pinched, maybe in the bud" , "Pinched, perhaps in the bud" .)