Before long
The crossword clue "Before long" is answered by SOON, a 4-letter entry. Used 120 times across 43 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1948. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SOON
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOON answer page.
Used 120 times across 43 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1948. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- INAWHILE (5 uses in xd)
- BYANDBY (3 uses in xd)
- PRESENTLY (2 uses in xd)
- SOONENOUGH (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SOON
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOON, most used first.
- Any day now - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- Shortly - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Any minute now - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Any time now - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Before you know it - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Anon - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- In a bit - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- In the near future - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Procrastinator's promise - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Presently - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- In a minute - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- In short order - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
- By and by - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
- In just a bit - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Long story - SAGA, used 247 times
- It's a long story - SAGA, used 161 times
- A long time - AGES, used 156 times
- "___ the night before Christmas ..." - TWAS, used 151 times
- Nights before - EVES, used 119 times
- Long skirt - MAXI, used 117 times
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