| Brief note? | 11 |
| Brief notes | 11 |
| Brief notes to a cyberbuddy | 27 |
| Brief notes to one's buddies | 32 |
| Brief notice in passing | 23 |
| Brief notice of departure | 25 |
| Brief novel | 11 |
| Brief O.K.: Abbr. | 17 |
| Brief online message | 20 |
| Brief online messages | 21 |
| Brief online updates | 20 |
| Brief opening | 13 |
| Brief opening statement? | 24 |
| Brief openings? | 15 |
| Brief opera solo | 16 |
| Brief operatic piece | 20 |
| Brief operatic solo | 19 |
| Brief operatic solos | 20 |
| Brief options between 45s and albums | 36 |
| Brief outline | 13 |
| Brief outline of life and work | 30 |
| Brief outlines | 14 |
| Brief pain spasm | 16 |
| Brief parting words | 19 |
| Brief parts in movies | 21 |
| Brief party label | 17 |
| Brief passage | 13 |
| Brief passing comments? | 23 |
| Brief passing words? | 20 |
| Brief pause? | 12 |
| Brief peek | 10 |
| Brief period | 12 |
| Brief period of darkness? | 25 |
| Brief period of time | 20 |
| Brief period of time? | 21 |
| Brief periods of relaxation | 27 |
| Brief periods of time | 21 |
| Brief periods, briefly | 22 |
| Brief personal history? | 23 |
| Brief petition | 14 |
| Brief photo sessions? | 21 |
| Brief phrase | 12 |
| Brief piece of writing | 22 |
| Brief pitch | 11 |
| Brief plea | 10 |
| Brief plunge in the pool | 24 |
| Brief poem | 10 |
| Brief points of entry | 21 |
| Brief pool plunge | 17 |
| Brief post-game summary | 23 |
| Brief preposition | 17 |
| Brief promise? | 14 |
| Brief promises? | 15 |
| Brief promo | 11 |
| Brief promotional prose | 23 |
| Brief prosperous period in the late 1990s | 41 |
| Brief puzzle? | 13 |
| Brief quarrel | 13 |
| Brief quiet on the front | 24 |
| Brief quotation | 15 |
| Brief race | 10 |
| Brief race distance, briefly | 28 |
| Brief rage | 10 |
| Brief rainfall | 14 |
| Brief raptures | 14 |
| Brief read? | 11 |
| Brief reader, briefly | 21 |
| Brief reading? | 14 |
| Brief record | 12 |
| Brief refresher | 15 |
| Brief refreshers | 16 |
| Brief regrets, maybe | 20 |
| Brief relative of ''yada, yada, yada'' | 54 |
| Brief relative of "yada, yada, yada" | 46 |
| Brief relief | 12 |
| Brief remark | 12 |
| Brief remark upon retiring | 26 |
| Brief reminder | 14 |
| Brief reply? | 12 |
| Brief reply?: Abbr. | 19 |
| Brief reproach | 14 |
| Brief researcher, briefly | 25 |
| Brief respite | 13 |
| Brief respites | 14 |
| Brief response: Abbr. | 21 |
| Brief rest | 10 |
| Brief resume | 12 |
| Brief ring finish | 17 |
| Brief ringing sound | 19 |
| Brief road race, briefly | 24 |
| Brief role | 10 |
| Brief role for a film star | 26 |
| Brief roles | 11 |
| Brief romance | 13 |
| Brief rule | 10 |
| Brief rule? | 11 |
| Brief runs | 10 |
| Brief salutation | 16 |
| Brief salutation for men? | 25 |
| Brief scene | 11 |