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Concise note coming to the point? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

laconic

'concise' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'note coming to the point?' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'la' (musical note as in do-re-mi).
'coming to the point?' becomes 'conic' (like a cone).
'la'+'conic'='LACONIC'

(Other definitions for laconic that I've seen before include "without many words" , "Succinct, terse" , "Tersely spoken" , "'Curt, terse (7)'" , "without verbosity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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