| Brief second | 12 |
| Brief sellout sign | 18 |
| Brief sentiment | 15 |
| Brief Shakespearean reproach | 28 |
| Brief shock | 11 |
| Brief shots? | 12 |
| Brief shower? | 13 |
| Brief siesta | 12 |
| Brief sighs of relief? | 22 |
| Brief sketch | 12 |
| Brief sleep | 11 |
| Brief sleeps | 12 |
| Brief slumber | 13 |
| Brief smokes? | 13 |
| Brief snooze | 12 |
| Brief solo | 10 |
| Brief solo number | 17 |
| Brief sparkle | 13 |
| Brief spat | 10 |
| Brief spell of energy | 21 |
| Brief spokesperson | 18 |
| Brief spot | 10 |
| Brief squabble | 14 |
| Brief stage part | 16 |
| Brief star appearance | 21 |
| Brief start | 11 |
| Brief statement, by necessity | 29 |
| Brief stay | 10 |
| Brief stomach soother | 21 |
| Brief stop | 10 |
| Brief story | 11 |
| Brief story that might open a speech | 36 |
| Brief strangers? | 16 |
| Brief substitute for the unnamed | 32 |
| Brief summaries, briefly | 24 |
| Brief summary | 13 |
| Brief summons | 13 |
| Brief swim | 10 |
| Brief swims | 11 |
| Brief swimwear sales rep? | 25 |
| Brief synopsis | 14 |
| Brief tale | 10 |
| Brief term of endearment | 24 |
| Brief text? | 11 |
| Brief thief | 11 |
| Brief time | 10 |
| Brief time (found in all four theme answers) | 44 |
| Brief time for confession | 25 |
| Brief time off from work | 24 |
| Brief time off? | 15 |
| Brief time out | 14 |
| Brief time out? | 15 |
| Brief time period | 17 |
| Brief time periods | 18 |
| Brief time periods, briefly | 27 |
| Brief time pieces? | 18 |
| Brief time to shop? | 19 |
| Brief time units in an Eddie Murphy film title | 46 |
| Brief time, briefly | 19 |
| Brief time? | 11 |
| Brief times | 11 |
| Brief times of day | 18 |
| Brief times, briefly | 20 |
| Brief timespan, briefly | 23 |
| Brief timetable | 15 |
| Brief title for Anne de Beaupre | 31 |
| Brief title for Jeanne dÂ'Arc | 37 |
| Brief toast | 11 |
| Brief tour time-out | 19 |
| Brief trailer | 13 |
| Brief travel | 12 |
| Brief treatise | 14 |
| Brief tremor? | 13 |
| Brief trip to the pool | 22 |
| Brief trip? | 11 |
| Brief try | 9 |
| Brief turndown | 14 |
| Brief turndown to an invitation | 31 |
| Brief tussle | 12 |
| Brief TV ads | 12 |
| Brief TV commercials | 20 |
| Brief TV plug for a minor sponsor | 33 |
| Brief twinkle | 13 |
| Brief upturn | 12 |
| Brief upturns | 13 |
| Brief vacation | 14 |
| Brief variety | 13 |
| Brief version of this puzzle's title hidden in eight long puzzle answers | 76 |
| Brief viewing of '20s movie clips? | 38 |
| Brief visit | 11 |
| Brief visit along the way | 25 |
| Brief visit? | 12 |
| Brief visits | 12 |
| Brief voltage reduction | 23 |
| Brief vow | 9 |
| Brief wait | 10 |
| Brief walk | 10 |
| Brief warning | 13 |
| Brief way to indicate ''and so on'' | 51 |
| Brief way? | 10 |