Am getting nowhere with this, and very, very slowly!
22A. An example of blatt-like terse jargon (12) -------c----.
This might help me make a start. Thanks
Cruciformist and Magistra - I posted at midday that my 'c' was wrong (didn't give whole answer on purpose), said I'd changed it to a 'p' and had settled on 'telegraphese'. Nice to have it confirmed though!