Short cut round the far end (4)
I believe the answer is:
curt
'short' is the definition.
(impolite)
'cut round the far end' is the wordplay.
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'end' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'far' is 'r'.
'cut' placed around 'r' is 'CURT'.
(Other definitions for curt that I've seen before include "Concise" , "Brusquely succinct" , "Rudely abrupt, short" , "Brief and terse" , "Rude" .)