### Clue: Sailor runs all the way – time is short (6)
### Answer: ABRUPT 
 ### Explanation: Definition: short 
 AB(abbrev. for "able-bodied seaman"/a sailor) + R(abbrev. for "runs" in cricket scores) + UP(all the way/to a specified point or position) + T(abbrev. for "time").
Defn: …/brief, all the way/up to the point of rudeness.