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Economy of language (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brevity

(Other definitions for brevity that I've seen before include "Succinctness" , "Concision" , "Conciseness" , "considered the essence of wit" , "The soul of wit?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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