Long and short of it — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 4–letter crossword clue “Long and short of it”? This page covers its appearance in NYT Crossword on 27th Apr 2007. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Long and short of it” is GIST (4 letters).
We last saw “Long and short of it” in NYT Crossword on 27th Apr 2007.
The 4-letter answer for “Long and short of it” is GIST.
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